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Wrongfully convicted Massachusetts man gets $13M settlement

A Massachusetts man who spent 32 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of setting a fire that killed eight people will receive $13 million from the city where he was arrested

The Independent UK

Teera gets 8 years over GT200 fiasco

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors in 2007-2009.

Bangkok Post

Newly Released Government Records Reveal Horrible Neglect of Terminally Ill Woman in Federal Prison

The records confirm medical neglect in a federal women's prison that Reason first reported on in 2020.

Reason

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Iranian journalists remain imprisoned for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death

Iran is one of the most repressive countries in terms of press freedom, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, which ranked it 177th of 180 nations. Since the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran, 72 journalists have been arrested and…

France 24

Skydiving instructor who killed mum-of-three girlfriend in 'heated row' jailed

Ashley Kemp confessed to killing mother-of-three Clair Armstrong and was handed a 19-year prison sentence.

Daily Record

One person rushed to hospital after fire breaks out in West Lothian prison

A fire had broken out within HMP Addiewell and fire crews and Police Scotland rushed to the prison in West Calder. One person was taken to hospital as fire crews tackled the blaze.

Edinburgh Live

Person rushed to hospital after fire at Scots prison as mercy crews race to scene

Emergency services were called to HMP Addiewell in West Lothian after the alarm was raised at around 3.35pm on Wednesday.

Daily Record

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Greater Manchester police failure led to man spending 17 years in prison, court told

Andrew Malkinson was convicted of raping 33-year-old woman even though no DNA linked him to crime

The Guardian - UK

'Obsessed' US actor who sent Irish woman unwanted gifts and messages is jailed

Stephen Spenneberg has been sentenced to two years in prison, with the final year suspended.

Irish Mirror

Emergency services scramble to West Lothian prison following incident

Emergency services rushed to the prison in West Calder, West Lothian following reports of an incident. A number of fire appliances and police officers were spotted at the scene.

Edinburgh Live

Janine to return to EastEnders sooner than we thought after SHOCK sentencing?

Former EastEnders star Charlie Brooks has hinted that we may have not seen the last of Janine Butcher as her prison sentence is revealed.

WhatToWatch

Watchdog points to low budget requests for prison upkeep issues - Roll Call

The Bureau of Prisons for years has lowballed budget requests to Congress and has infrastructure issues, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

Roll Call

Friends who stuck up for Leeds homeless man being attacked by convicted robber spared jail

Christopher Mills has been recalled back to prison after he was punched by the group in November 2021

Leeds Live

'I am innocent and have been waiting nearly 20 years for justice' -Man who served years in prison for rape he denies

Andrew Malkinson has always denied raping a woman near the M61

Manchester Evening News

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The National (Scotland)

Watchdog bans Tory government from reusing 'racist' advert

THE UK Government has been rapped for “perpetuating a negative ethnic stereotype” after an advert looking for new prison officers featured a…

Daily Mirror

Former LaLiga star accepts six-year prison sentence after leading drug trafficking ring

Koke, full name Sergio Contreras, played for boyhood club Malaga, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon across a globetrotting career which spanned nine countries and three continents

Asharq Al-Awsat

Health of Survivors of Houthi Prisons Deteriorates

Dozens of survivors from the Houthi prisons have seen their health deteriorate as a result of the physical and psychological torture they suffered while in detention, Yemeni sources revealed. Medical sources in Marib revealed that journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansouri and Harith Hamid were transferred to hospital after their health deteriorated days…

Evening Standard

Teenage killer of schoolboy Jermaine Cools in knife attack is named for first time

Marques Walker faces a life sentence for the murder of Jermaine Cools

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Reuters

Turkish pop star sentenced to 10 months in prison over religious schools remark -Anadolu

A Turkish court handed pop star Gulsen a suspended sentence of 10 months in prison for incitement to hatred and hostility over a remark she made on stage about religious schools, state-owned Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison

A Belarusian court has convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country

The Guardian - US

Ilhan Omar condemns US’s failure to act since George Floyd: ‘A broken system’

Exclusive: three years after the murder, the Minnesota congresswoman talks prison abuse and her new police violence resolution

Reuters

Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta

Myanmar's military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detainees.

WEKU

A court in Belarus sentences a dissident journalist to 8 years in prison

Raman Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend were arrested in May 2021 when their Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was ordered to land in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.

Cinemablend

Minority Report Ending Explained: What Actually Happened?

Over 20 years later, a question surrounding Minority Report's ending still has fans wondering about this Steven Spielberg classic.

Bangkok Post

Ex-Yala governor jailed in bogus bomb detector case

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors from 2007-2009.

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