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Newsom vowed to pardon LGBTQ Californians. Only 1 living person has benefited

Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an initiative to pardon LGBTQ Californians who were prosecuted for being gay, only one living person has benefited from the program.

Los Angeles Times

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation, sentenced to two years in prison

The defamation case was filed by a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after a 2019 speech in which Mr Gandhi referred to thieves as having the surname of Modi, the same as India's prime minister.

ABC News

Indian court orders Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail for Modi comment

A lower court in India sentenced opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday to two years in jail on charges of defamation for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi.

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Indian court rules opposition leader defamed Modi

India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in prison after a court found him guilty of defamation.

The New Daily

Guns found hidden in walls of chainsaw killer Paul Wells' Dublin home

The notorious killer is serving life for the grisly murder of of his mechanic pal Kenneth O’Brien whose body he dismembered with a chainsaw and dumped in a rural stretch of the Grand Canal

Dublin Live

Workmen renovating chainsaw killer Paul Wells' Dublin home find guns hidden in wall

Exclusive - The Irish Mirror has confirmed that a submachine gun and revolver are set to be forensically examined after they were allegedly found hidden in a cavity wall in the former home of Paul Wells in Finglas

Irish Mirror

Former fighter pilot imprisoned in NSW on US extradition request unable to attend mother’s funeral

Exclusive: Daniel Duggan is in segregation in Lithgow prison and only spoke to his mother briefly after she suffered a stroke

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Prison cell death of Finks boss under investigation

A Victorian coroner is investigating why Finks boss Brent Reker was moved and whether that contributed to him taking his own life in December 2019.

The New Daily

Death of Finks bikie boss in prison cell investigated

A Victorian coroner is investigating the death of notorious Finks bikie boss Brent Reker in 2019 after his body was found in his cell by corrections staff.

AAP

Ex-women's prison warden gets 6 years for inmate sex abuse

The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison in the San Francisco Bay Area has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for sexually abusing incarcerated women

The Independent UK

Oil exec held for 5 years in Venezuela sues Citgo for $100M

One of the six oil executives with a Texas-based company who was imprisoned five years in Venezuela is suing his company for $100 million

The Independent UK

Step-by-step guide to dealing with debt in the cost of living crisis

Charity says many families are struggling to pay their bills for the first time as spiralling costs eat into household budgets

Chronicle Live

Sold into sex slavery at 15 and convicted of killing her rapist, Pieper Lewis faces further sentencing

The teenage victim of trafficking has violated her parole, leading to a further hearing this week. Meanwhile, the man she says trafficked her has still not been charged. Holly Baxter reports

The Independent UK

'Dangerous' transgender prisoner Barbie Kardashian will NEVER be allowed to mix with female inmates

Exclusive: After Taoiseach Leo Varadkar spoke on the issue, it's emerged that Barbie Kardashian is being held in solitary confinement on a separate landing and will never be allowed to mix.

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Tottenham’s Pedro Porro: ‘Tim Sherwood won’t be the first to have had to shut his mouth’

The Spain wing-back tells Sid Lowe about a tumultuous start to life at Spurs, that Conte outburst and what would happen if he was let loose in a prison

ABC News

Experts, lawyers lift lid on Australia's 'woefully under-funded' prison mental health services

It's our nation's secret shame. Experts are saying the neglect of mental health services in prisons has reached a crisis point and could constitute a human rights violation.

The Independent UK

Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death

The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison

Salon

Prof: Trump calls may land him in prison

"Those could be very incriminating phone calls by themselves," says law professor Clark Cunningham

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Teen victim testifies to save man who beat him into a coma from decades in prison

‘It was his decision to show mercy, and that’s what he wanted to do,’ lawyer says

Irish Mirror

Murderer Logan Jackson moved to UK prison over fears for his safety - and safety of prisoners and staff

Jackson could not continue to serve out a life sentence in any Irish jail, and one of the reasons was because State authorities feared he would be harmed or killed in custody

The Guardian - US

Virginia prisoners who used toothbrush to escape caught at pancake restaurant

Two inmates dug their way out of cell using toothbrush but were apprehended within hours at Ihop branch

Irish Mirror

Norma Foley agrees with Taoiseach that transgender prisoners should not be housed in female prisons

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

Tribune News Service

San Quentin — California’s oldest prison — executed hundreds from death row over decades

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

France 24

Saudi Arabia and Iran restore relations: A chance at peace for Yemen?

The two sides in Yemen's conflict have agreed to free nearly 900 people in a prisoner exchange. That deal comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia and Iran re-established diplomatic ties after years of hostility. The two regional powers have backed opposing sides in Yemen's war, and their rapprochement…

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Edinburgh prisoner slashed by fellow inmate with 'psychotic traits'

Damien McCann was caged for repeatedly raping a girl, starting when she was aged 10, as his vile wife filmed the abuse. His attacker, Damian Fowler, was previously told by a judge that he has "psychotic traits"

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