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Help acquit me and get $20k, murderer said

A NSW grazier's killer is guaranteed to spend at least one more birthday in prison after being sentenced for her illegal plan to get off a murder charge.

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Family of Peter Tobin victim say killer's ashes should be 'flushed down the toilet'

The 76-year-old killer and paedophile died in hospital over the weekend while serving three life sentences at Saughton Prison in Edinburgh. It is understood that he suffered from cancer for the last three years of his life

Edinburgh Live

Aung San Suu Kyi faces total of 26 years in prison after latest corruption sentencing

Court controlled by junta adds a further three years in jail to raft of other sentences handed to the former leader

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‘I love you, and there’s nothing you can do about it’: will jail silence Jeremy Vine’s stalker?

Alex Belfield’s online harassment made life misery for BBC presenters Jeremy Vine, Liz Green and many others. Why did it take so long to bring him to justice? Why do the four women involved feel let down? And what did he mean by: ‘We will be back’?

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more charges, extends jail term to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges Wednesday, with two three-year sentences to be served concurrently, adding to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term, a legal official said.

France 24

Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for 6 more years for corruption

Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for 3 years for graft -source

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

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Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges

The Independent UK

Scots thug who stabbed best pal to death after PlayStation session loses sentence appeal

Dale Gardiner was seeking to reduce the eight-year prison term he received for killing William Wardrop in Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

Attorneys: Inmate endured 'torture' during execution attempt

An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month

The Independent UK

Ex-Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in prison in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of providing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Los Angeles Times

Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him

German prisoner Christian Brueckner was identified as a suspect in Madeleine’s case in April this year

The Independent UK

‘Botched execution’ lasted 90 minutes as Alabama inmate survived ‘torture,’ lawsuit says

An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit.

Tribune News Service

Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti's prisons

A nonprofit organization is calling on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system

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Ex-Angels employee sentenced to prison for supplying drugs in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

Irish Mirror

Death Row killer survives agonising botched execution as desperate staff inject foot

Convicted murderer Alan Eugene Miller has filed a federal lawsuit claiming prison workers poked him with needles during the unsuccessful execution.

The Independent UK

Transgender inmates in women’s prisons to face new government restrictions

Only 40 transgender inmates, most of whom identify as male, are held in women’s prisons

The National (Scotland)

Spanish court sentences former Catalan MP to four months in prison for disobedience

A former Catalan MP has been jailed for four months after refusing to answer questions from a far-right party during a trial…

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The Independent UK

Justice Secretary signals policy reforms on transgender prisoners

Brandon Lewis has said the Government has ‘a duty of care to all those behind bars’.

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz defence asks for ‘mercy’ after prosecutor calls for death penalty over ‘calculated’ shooting

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations on Wednesday where they will decide whether to sentence Nikolas Cruz to death or to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Al Jazeera

US prosecutors drop case against subject of ‘Serial’ podcast

Advocates welcome decision to drop case against Adnan Syed, who was released from a US prison last month.

Evening Standard

Adnan Syed: Prosecutors drop charges against ‘Serial’ podcast subject who spent 22 years in jail

It comes after Syed was released from prison last month after his murder conviction was overturned

The Hindu

BJP MLA among 12 sentenced to two years in prison in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case

Khatauli Vikram Saini was granted bail soon after the verdict

The Guardian - US

Baltimore prosecutors drop all charges against Adnan Syed of Serial podcast

Syed, 41, who spent more than 20 years in prison, had conviction for 1999 murder of girlfriend overturned in September

WEKU

Prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed, the subject of 'Serial' podcast

Adnan Syed served 22 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. His conviction was overturned last month. Prosecutors have decided not to retry Syed.

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