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Child killer who abducted toddler from her bed will remain in prison after parole refusal

Robert Astley snatched two-year-old Denise Bradbury from her bedroom in 1983

Wales Online

I saw my fiancé stab himself to death - then was charged with his murder

"Even to this day, I don’t feel like I’ve had time to grieve"

Manchester Evening News

I was never bogged down by failures, says Perarivalan

‘My mother was the source of my strength during 31 years of imprisonment’

The Hindu

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Sheena Bora murder case: Supreme Court grants bail to Indrani Mukerjea

Conditions of Indrani Mukerjea’s bail would be similar to those of Peter Mukerjea, the co-accused in the Sheena Bora murder case and out in bail since 2020

The Hindu

Folbigg 'still languishing in a prison cell' but supporters remain 'hopeful'

Helen Cummings has long advocated for Kathleen Folbigg's release

Newcastle Herald

Irish prisoners turning lives around with game-changing cooking course behind bars - including pop up restaurant

Two of the prisoners involved said the course has taught them to turn their lives around — and has given them a real chance at employment in the future

Irish Mirror

Fearing protests, Cuba clamps down on dissent, independent media with new criminal code

Cuba’s National Assembly has approved a new criminal code that maintains the death penalty for several crimes, punishes criticism of government officials with jail time and makes it illegal for independent media to receive funds from abroad, the latest step in a relentless government campaign to squash dissent following mass…

Miami Herald

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Kentucky man previously freed by governor gets 8 years for sex crime stemming from same incident

A Western Kentucky man who had his state sex-offense sentence cut short by Gov. Matt Bevin only to be charged in federal court over the same crime has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

Tribune News Service

Illinois man gets 37-month term for threatening to kill Democrats at Biden inauguration

CHICAGO — A south suburban man was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison Tuesday for leaving a message for a U.S. representative threatening to shoot up “terrorist” Democrats at Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington early last year.

Chicago Tribune

$1.9M settlement to family of unarmed man shot by off-duty Chicago Police officer

Two years ago, Chicago Police Officer Lowell Houser was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the 2017 shooting of Jose Nieves.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stephen Lawrence killer bids for move to open prison - where are rest of suspects

EXCLUSIVE: David Norris is serving a minimum 14 years and three months after being jailed for life in 2012 for the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence. He hopes he will be moved to an open prison

Daily Mirror

Give prisoners laptops so they can continue education inside, say MPs

A report from the education committee found that prison education is ‘chaotic’ with a lack of special educational needs support.

The Independent UK

Murder conviction vacated for Vegas real estate mogul's wife

A judge has vacated the murder conviction of a 78-year-old Las Vegas woman who spent 20 years in prison for the 1994 killing of her millionaire husband until she was paroled in 2020

The Independent UK

Chicago Heights man gets more than three years in prison for threatening Biden’s inauguration

U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman called Louis Capriotti’s threats “vicious, laced with profanity, disgusting in every way.” And he called Capriotti’s false claim of being a Marine “particularly despicable.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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$14.25M settlement proposed for man who spent 20 years in prison for double-murder he didn’t commit

A lawsuit filed against the city of Chicago on behalf of Daniel Taylor accused CPD officers of beating Taylor into a false confession and coercing false confessions from six other men, one of whom fingered Taylor as having “participated” in the double-murder.

Los Angeles Times

Man who provided drugs to Mac Miller sentenced to 17.5 years

LOS ANGELES — A man who pleaded guilty to distributing narcotics that led to the death of rapper Mac Miller has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison.

Daily Mirror

Emmerdale stalker Noah Dingle tipped for exit as new trial twist 'confirms fate'

Emmerdale's Noah Dingle was left fearing he could face a long stretch in prison on the ITV soap, as police evidence stacked up against him

Tribune News Service

Accused dealer of fentanyl-laced cocaine in Spring Break overdoses faces life in prison after federal indictment

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Two months after a group of Spring Breakers, including West Point cadets, overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, the Lauderhill man accused of selling them the potentially lethal drugs has been indicted on federal charges, court records show.

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Manchester Evening News

'It belongs in a prison camp': 'Awful' student block WILL be built after council green light

“In 10 years time we will stand back and say who did that, because it is awful."

ABC News

Leaked list of people sentenced on terrorism-related charges reveals scale of imprisonment in China's Uyghur heartland

A list obtained and partially verified by the Associated Press cites the names of more than 10,000 Uyghurs who have been sent to prison in just Konasheher county alone, one of dozens in southern Xinjiang.

Evening Standard

Murdered Caroline Crouch’s family speak out as husband jailed for life

The famly of murdered Briton Caroline Crouch say they are glad her killer husband will be sent to one of Europe’s worst prisons.

The Independent UK

Belgian court rules out extradition for Spanish rapper

A Belgian court of appeal on Tuesday ruled that Spanish rapper Valtonyc should not be extradited to Spain, where he has been sentenced to prison accused of writing lyrics that praise terror groups and insult the royal family

Wales Online

Former BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin refuses to share her stalker's messages with her husband

She says that she felt like a 'prisoner' in her home home when she and her daughter were targeted by Carl Davies

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Critic Navalny Appeals against Nine-year Jail Sentence

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was due on Tuesday to appeal a nine-year prison sentence he was handed in March on charges that he and his allies say are politically motivated. His hearing comes as Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics and Moscow pushes on with its military…

Daily Mirror

Caroline Crouch's dad breaks silence after her husband was convicted of murder

Pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos admitted killing Caroline, 20, as she lay asleep in front of their baby daughter and killing his wife's puppy to make it look like there had been a break-in

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