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After Memphis killings, officials push harsh sentencing laws

A string of high-profile killings rattling Memphis this week has touched off new calls for tougher sentencing laws

The Independent UK

How a Texas conspiracy theorist’s lies and unpaid tickets landed him in federal prison

DALLAS — Had he paid his traffic tickets, Jonathan Reynolds likely would have gone about his business without further trouble.

Tribune News Service

Kenton killer facing prison for killing Fise Ames in South Shields but he and two others cleared of murder

Shaun Riches, of Kenton, was found guilty of manslaughter but he, Scott Mitchell and Michael Raine were cleared of murdering Fise Ames Abdou in South Shields

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Police arrest teen gunman accused of livestreaming shooting spree that killed four across Memphis

Police arrest suspect, 19, following four shooting deaths

The Independent UK

Navalny says he's lost attorney-client privilege in prison

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that prison authorities were stripping him of his attorney-client privilege, with all correspondence with his legal team now subject to three-day checks by prison staff.

Reuters

Police arrest Memphis man in livestreamed shootings; 4 dead

Police in Memphis, Tennessee have arrested a man they say drove around the city for hours shooting at people

The Independent UK

Swedish student given life for killing 2 teachers with ax

A Swedish court has sentenced an 18-year-old man to life in prison for killing two teachers with an ax at a southern Swedish high school in March

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Strangeways prisoner died after being found unconscious in cell by inmate, inquest hears

Paul Johnstone, 37, was lying on the top bunkbed when a 'code blue' alarm was raised

Manchester Evening News

Woman blackmailed by rapist who threatened to 'destroy her life'

Steven McKee had previously been released from jail early for trying to murder the mother of his children when he embarked on a terrifying campaign of abuse against another woman.

Glasgow Live

Jailed fraudster tells jury of kickbacks

A former NAB chief-of-staff imprisoned for receiving corrupt benefits has testified at the fraud trial of a businesswoman accused of paying her the kickbacks.

AAP

Lake Macquarie shooting, home invasion strike force makes third arrest

A 47-year-old man has been charged at a Nowra prison in relation to the incidents earlier this year.

Newcastle Herald

Man who killed Wisconsin doctor, her husband gets life

The man convicted in the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband in the school’s arboretum has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

The Independent UK

Program aids women in earning degrees while incarcerated, another City Council departure and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

School shooting victim who was left paralysed for life visits gunman in prison

Missy Jenkins Smith was 15 when classmate Michael Carneal opened fire at their school in West Paducah, Kentucky, USA, on a morning prayer circle of students

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Prisoners 'bouncing off' rehab services

A new Australian study has highlighted a revolving door for prisoners who seek help for mental health or substance use issues after being released.

Evening Standard

Defendants set free from prison as barrister Legal Aid strike continues

Thousands of trials and sentencing hearings have had to be abandoned

The Independent UK

Teacher in trans pupil pronoun row to stay in prison over refusal to stay away from school

Evangelical Christian Enoch Burke was jailed for breaching order to stay away from his workplace not for his views on gender, court told

The Independent UK

Why I went to prison to visit the school shooter who left me paralysed

Michael Carneal will become one of the first school shooters to appear before a parole board later this month. Missy Jenkins Smith, who’s been paralysed from the chest down since Carneal opened fire on a prayer circle of Kentucky students in 1997, tells Sheila Flynn how she feels about the…

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French top court upholds prison sentence of Bashar al-Assad's uncle

France's highest court on Wednesday confirmed a ruling that found Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was guilty of acquiring millions of euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state.

Irish Mirror

Irish schoolteacher returns to jail over refusal to comply with court order

Enoch Burke was suspended from work on full pay last month pending the outcome of a disciplinary process after a number of incidents which stemmed from a transgender row in school

Daily Mirror

Over 35 North Korean female prisoners left to starve to death in labour camps

Reports from North Korea reveal a grim tale from the widely condemned labour camps in the country. A total of 35 women in the camps are believed to have starved to death in recent months

The Independent UK

Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order - OLD

Enoch Burke was barred from his workplace after opposing a request to address a transgender child by their name or use the pronoun ‘they’.

Irish Mirror

Mum 'can't get job' because of tattoos but gets three new 'prison' inkings every week

Melissa Sloan, 45, has got tatts all over her body, including a number of brave designs with flowers and an England flag all over her face

Wales Online

Controversial Swansea residential centre for low-level female offenders is turned down

The Ministry of Justice said the scheme in Cockett aimed to reduce re-offending - but its application led to 215 letters of objection and locals were said to overwhelmingly 'fear and object to this proposal'

The National (Scotland)

Jagtar Singh Johal writes to Liz Truss urging her to secure his release

JAGTAR Singh Johal has written a letter to new Prime Minister Liz Truss demanding she make a stand against his imprisonment in India and work to…

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