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Brittney Griner has been sentenced to jail time in Russia. Could a controversial prisoner swap bring her home?

Brittney Griner's fate could depend on a man imprisoned thousands of kilometres away — an international arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" who could be offered up in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Russia.

ABC News

CPAC mocked for ‘silent disco’ booth featuring fake Jan 6 prisoner crying in a cell

‘This is incredible. A weeping insurrectionist pajama boy art installation,’ former Obama staffer says

The Independent UK

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia bolsters troops in south; grain ship leaves port for first time since blockade; UN to investigate prison attack that killed dozens

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Stalker bombarded ex with 325 calls a day from inside prison

Gerald Cole terrorised the woman even after being imprisoned for assaulting her

Liverpool Echo

Man who threatened to kill Fauci in emails sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

One email said Fauci's family would be “dragged into the street, beaten to death, and set on fire.”

Axios

Evil paedophile who raped girl more than 60 times dies in prison

James Knowles spent his final days in the hospital wing of HMP Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he's afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder

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'Committed paedophile' dies within months of being jailed

Roy Woodward was sentenced to 21 years for a 'campaign of rape' on a young girl

Liverpool Echo

Prisoner died of heart attack in HMP Lowdham Grange gym toilet

Masih Ullah had arrived at the prison 12 days earlier

Nottingham Post

Man who threatened to kill Anthony Fauci given three-year prison term

Thomas Connally, 56, of West Virginia pleaded guilty to making threats over Fauci’s handling of Covid pandemic

The Guardian - US

You may not hear much more about a Brittney Griner prisoner swap and there’s a good reason why

This is why the Brittney Griner prisoner swap negotiations are going to go quiet again.

USA Today Sports Media Group

US, Russia say they're willing to discuss prisoner swap after Griner conviction

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday they’re willing to pursue talks on a prisoner exchange involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American.

Tribune News Service

Wanted rapist who absconded from prison may be living ‘off grid’, police say

Sean Phipps, who has convictions for rape and kidnap, has been missing since June 1 after absconding from HMP Leyhill in south Gloucester.

The Independent UK

Scots woman battered with dumbbell by convicted killer says she forgives him as he faces parole hearing

Robbie McIntosh has only served five years for his crazed attack on Linda McDonald which left her with serious injuries

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The Independent UK

Man who sent death threats to Fauci sentenced to three years in prison

‘Smart and technologically sophisticated, the defendant intended to heighten the terror he sought to instill by using a foreign encrypted email provider’, prosecutors say

The Guardian - US

Russia ‘ready to discuss’ prisoner swap but will resist pressure to free Brittney Griner

Biden ‘hopeful’ about Griner release after foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warns Russia will not tolerate ‘megaphone diplomacy’

Axios

Russia "ready to discuss" prisoner swap for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

The U.S. has proposed exchanging Griner and Whelan for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

The Independent UK

Kremlin says Griner swap must be discussed without publicity

The Kremlin says it’s open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving American basketball star Brittney Griner but strongly warned Washington against publicizing the issue

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The Independent UK

Ex-MP Natalie McGarry lodges appeal against embezzlement conviction

The 40-year-old former SNP politician was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year.

Reuters

After Griner trial, Kremlin says: we'll not discuss swaps in public

The Kremlin said on Friday that possible prisoner exchanges with the United States should not be discussed in public because if they were then they would never take place.

Dublin Live

Prisoners removed after violent protest erupts in Moutjoy Prison

There has been heightened tension all week in Mountjoy following the murder of Robert O'Connor

Reuters

Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

Irish Mirror

Violent protest by over 40 inmates at Mountjoy as prisoners removed and sent to other jails

There has been heightened tension all week in Mountjoy following the murder of 34-year-old prisoner Robert O'Connor

Daily Mirror

'I forgive the man who tried to murder me with a dumbbell - I'm not angry at him'

Linda McDonald remembers thinking 'this is the day you die and this is the way you die' while she lay bleeding from Robbie McIntosh's attack in August 2017

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Ready to Discuss Prisoner Swap with US, Lavrov Says

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the United States through an existing diplomatic channel, a day a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offence. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said President Vladimir Putin and his US…

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