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Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored 'Don't Say Gay' sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud

The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” will serve six-months in federal prison for defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses

The Independent UK

Jada Pinkett Smith says ‘soulmate’ Tupac Shakur proposed to her from prison

Pinkett Smith and Shakur met at a performing arts school as teenagers in the 1980s

The Independent UK

How Sidney Powell's Plea Deal Could Hurt Trump in the Georgia Racketeering Case

The election conspiracy theorist struck a deal that allows her to avoid prison by testifying for the prosecution.

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Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president Donald Trump faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions as he runs for 2024 election

The Independent UK

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Republican former president Donald Trump faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK

No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values religious growth when considering clemency requests.

Texas Observer

Former Florida Republican lawmaker sent to prison for Covid-19 aid fraud

Joe Harding, who sponsored ‘don’t say gay’ law, must serve four months for claiming $150,000 in relief funds

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Man gets 20 years for raping minor daughter

A city court convicted a man accused of raping his own minor daughter and sentenced him to prison for 20 years.

The Hindu

Yoga programme held for jail inmates as part of Dasara in Mysuru

Mysuru Central Prison inmates participated in a special yoga programme as part of the ongoing Dasara festival. Chief Superintendent of Prisons and Correctional Services, P.S. Ramesh, said yoga can help keep mind and body under control. 300 inmates practised yoga for two hours every day for one month, organised by…

The Hindu

Zara Aleena's killer walks out of his own appeal bid for a shorter prison sentence

Jordan McSweeney has appealed for a shorter sentence for the murder of Zara Aleena

Evening Standard

Bodycam video shows police shooting man exonerated 16 years after wrongful conviction

Video shows 53-year-old Leonard Cure being stopped by a deputy for speeding, before being tasered, struck with a baton, and then shot dead

The Independent UK

Dutch court convicts man who projected antisemitic message on Anne Frank museum

A court in Amsterdam has sentenced a Polish-Canadian national to two months in prison for projecting a message alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory onto the Anne Frank House museum

The Independent UK

Indigenous boy, 16, dies a week after being found unresponsive in WA’s Casuarina prison

Cleveland Dodd died at Perth’s Sir Charles Gairdner hospital shortly after 10pm on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

'Our boy deserved a future': Indigenous teen's family

The death of an Indigenous teenager in a prison cell has been described as preventable, as pressure mounts to close the controversial high-security facility.

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Man who wounded toddler in road rage shooting gets 4 years in plea deal

Deandre Binion is expected to be released from prison next fall under a deal that dropped nearly all charges against him, including attempted murder.

Evening Standard

Zara Aleena's killer Jordan McSweeney to challenge prison sentence at Court of Appeal

Zara Aleena was killed as she walked home from a night out early on June 26 2022

The Conversation

New 'healing' prison in Ireland points to long history of progressive penal reform

Ireland has formally opened the new women’s wing of the Limerick prison.

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Zara Aleena’s killer in Court of Appeal bid to reduce prison sentence

Jordan McSweeney, who refused to attend his sentencing hearing, was previously handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 38 years.

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Jada Pinkett Smith says ‘soulmate’ Tupac Shakur proposed to her from prison

Pinkett Smith and Shakur met at a performing arts school as teenagers in the 1980s

The National (Scotland)

Asylum seekers return to Bibby Stockholm as 'driver threatened human shield'

ASYLUM seekers have returned to the Bibby Stockholm “prison barge” despite the efforts of protests and legal challenges.

The Guardian - UK

Staff shortages forcing England’s prisons into emergency ‘red’ measures

One prison has reported using ‘absolute last resort’ regime for inmates on 15 occasions this year

The Independent UK

Boris Becker announces return to tennis as coach of top-ranked player

Becker, who was released from prison last December, will work with men’s world number six Holger Rune

The Independent UK

JK Rowling claims she would ‘happily’ spend two years in prison for misgendering a trans person

Harry Potter author was responding to a speculative report about a hypothetical new hate crime legislation under a Labour government

The Independent UK

French officials suspect young people in rash of fake bomb threats, warn of heavy punishments

France’s government is threatening prison terms and heavy fines for callers who make fake bomb threats after a rash of false alarms forced the evacuation of 15 airports and cancellation of 130 flights and shut the doors of Versailles Palace three times in five days

The Hindu

Three men in Kallakurichi detained under Goondas Act for posting morphed photographs of women online

Three persons detained under Goondas Act for morphing photos of women enrolled in MGNREGS in Kallakurichi. Police arrested trio on Sept 21 and Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath ordered their detention. Orders served on accused in Cuddalore Central Prison.

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