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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Evening Standard

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.

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

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 National (Scotland)

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

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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 Independent UK

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.

The Hindu

Man who killed 2 South Carolina officers and wounded 5 others in ambush prepares for sentencing

A 79-year-old South Carolina man likely faces life in prison when he is sentenced for killing two police officers and wounding five more in a 2018 ambush he set up after detectives told him they were coming to serve a search warrant on his son

The Independent UK

Prison escapee found after seven weeks on the run

A man who escaped a minimum-security prison almost two months ago has been found in regional Victoria.

AAP

Georgia sheriff to release body camera video of traffic stop in which deputy killed exonerated man

A Georgia sheriff plans to release video of a traffic stop where a deputy fatally shot a Black man who three years earlier was released from prison after being wrongfully convicted

The Independent UK

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Van der Sloot admits he killed Holloway

Van der Sloot pleaded guilty to extortion and wire fraud charges during Wednesday's hearing

The Guardian - UK

Pity poor parents on unending Paw Patrol

Brief letters: Adventure city | Overcrowded prisons | Hemingway’s sports | Game shooting | Dilettante v amateur

The Independent UK

Lobbyist gets 2 years in prison for Michigan marijuana bribery scheme

A lobbyist has been sentenced to two years in prison for bribing the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board

The Independent UK

French-Iranian academic imprisoned for years in Iran returns to France

The Paris political sciences institute Sciences Po says French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was detained for years in Iran, has returned to France

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Leonard Allan Cure, freed after a wrongful conviction, is shot dead in a traffic stop

Cure was exonerated in 2020 after more than 16 years in prison for a robbery he did not commit. He was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff's deputy after being pulled over for speeding.

The Independent UK

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term

A Hong Kong man who was shot by police during pro-democracy protests in 2019 has been sentenced to 47 months in prison on charges of rioting, assaulting a police officer and perverting the course of justice

The Independent UK

Cambodian court sentences jailed opposition politician to 3 more years in prison

A leading Cambodian opposition politician who was sentenced last month to 18 months in prison on charges of issuing worthless checks has been convicted and sentenced to three more years of imprisonment for alleged incitement to commit a felony and to discriminate

Evening Standard

Laughing gas to become illegal in three weeks, with dealers facing up to 14 years in prison

Having nitrous oxide will be illegal from November 8 and serious repeat offenders face up to two years in prison, the Home Office has said

The Hindu

HC uphold lawyer’s conviction in scholarship scam, two others acquitted

Telangana High Court sets aside conviction of two govt employees in 2002-03 scholarship scam. Conviction of lawyer K.V.L. Jayasimha partially upheld; three-year imprisonment confirmed. Hyderabad District Social Welfare Officer and superintendent acquitted due to lack of evidence.

Bangkok Post

Panther-killing tycoon wins early release

Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta was released from prison on Tuesday, seven weeks before the end of his sentence on Dec 7.

The Independent UK

Laughing gas to become illegal in November

Having nitrous oxide will be illegal from November 8 and serious repeat offenders face up to two years in prison, the Home Office has said.

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