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General Hospital spoilers: Heather freed from prison and tries to kidnap Ace?

General Hospital’s Heather may soon become a free woman thanks to Laura. Will a freed Heather kidnap Ace, leaving Laura to regret helping her?

WhatToWatch

Russia Sends US Reporter Gershkovich's Case To Trial

Russian prosecutors sent US journalist Evan Gershkovich's case to court on Thursday, paving the way for him to be tried on espionage charges denied by his employer and the White House.

International Business Times

Advocacy Groups Seek Transparency In FCI Dublin Closure Lawsuit

Advocacy groups seek transparency in court records for class action lawsuit against Bureau of Prisons over sexual abuse at FCI Dublin. Efforts to unseal re...

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Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floor

A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor

The Independent UK

Legal advocates seek public access to court records about abuse at California women's prison

Two advocacy groups have asked a judge to unseal court records and preserve public access to hearings in the class action lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons over the sexual abuse of incarcerated women at a now-shuttered California prison

The Independent UK

Impaired driver who fatally struck 2 Nevada state troopers gets maximum prison sentence

A 46-year-old man who was driving while impaired when he fatally struck two Nevada troopers last November has been sentenced to prison

The Independent UK

California voters could get to vote on toughening charges for some crimes

Proposition 47 reduced penalties for certain non-violent offenses, but public support has waned after retail thefts

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She was a top DEI manager at Facebook. Then the feds came.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former DEI manager at Facebook and Nike, was sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud.

Fortune

How a Facebook and Nike executive secretly pulled off a $5 million scam

Barbara Furlow-Smiles was a DEI manager for Facebook and Nike. She's now facing a five-year prison sentence.

Fortune

40 Percent of Police Officers Convicted of Child Sex Abuse Don't Get Prison Time, Investigation Finds

An analysis by The Washington Post found that nearly 1,800 police officers were arrested for child sex abuse-related crimes between 2005 and 2022.

Reason

White House declines to say if Joe Biden would commute Hunter’s sentence after felony gun conviction

A commutation would prevent Hunter Biden from being imprisoned while leaving his felony convictions intact

The Independent UK

Steve Bannon asks appeals court to keep him out of prison due to his importance in Trump’s campaign

Former Trump aide says he will be unable to assist former president’s campaign from jail

The Independent UK

Don’t look now, but Binance is back on top

The crypto exchange's native BNB hit a record high after its enigmatic founder checked into his five-star prison.

Fortune

Federal Judges Reviewing Elizabeth Holmes Fraud Conviction Appeal

Federal judges in San Francisco consider overturning Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction for Theranos scandal, emphasizing the need for compelling evidence.

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The Guardian - UK

Sixteen years for stealing a flower pot: the film about the IPP jail sentence ‘designed to bury you alive’

Britain’s Forgotten Prisoners is a devastating documentary about the ‘public protection’ sentences that can amount to whole-of-life terms for relatively minor offences. Film-maker Martin Read explains his seven-year quest for justice

The Independent UK

Australian rugby star Jarryd Hayne set to walk free after rape conviction overturned

Hayne has been in prison for the past year after being convicted of sexual intercourse without consent on the night of the 2018 National Rugby League grand final

AAP

High Court overturns foreign fighter's sentence cut

A man who admitted fighting with rebel groups in Syria will serve his original prison term after the High Court reversed a decision to reduce his sentence.

AAP

Aboriginal man's custody death avoidable, coroner finds

The prison system repeatedly failed to recognise and respond to the health problems of an Aboriginal man who died in custody, the NT coroner has found.

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The Independent UK

Judges hear Elizabeth Holmes' appeal of fraud conviction while she remains in Texas prison

A panel of federal judges have spent two hours wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom

The Independent UK

Missouri executes death row inmate David Hosier over double murder he claimed he did not commit

David Hosier was executed on June 11 after being convicted of killing woman he had an affair with and her husband

The Guardian - US

Missouri death row prisoner executed in state’s second lethal injection this year

David Hosier, who maintained innocence in 2009 murders of Angela and Rodney Gilpin, pronounced dead at 6.11pm

Roll Call

Bannon makes emergency appeal to stay out of prison - Roll Call

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon asked a federal court to let him stay out of prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress convictions.