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Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’s quest for a shelter cat doomed by TikTok braggadocio—and a lie on his application

“My past keeps haunting me,” Shkreli told Fortune of his run-in with a Queens shelter, adding that he’s “devastated” by his rejection.

Fortune

Ex-Bloomingdale Township highway commissioner gets prison for kickback scheme

Robert Czernek got more than three years in prison in bill-padding scam that bilked west suburban township out of more than $500,000.

Chicago Sun-Times

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If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, NATO borders will 'no longer be an obstacle', warns Khodorkovsky

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who served 10 years in prison on tax and fraud charges that many believe were politically motivated, spoke to FRANCE 24 from London, where he now lives in exile. Khodorkovsky said that while a "direct confrontation with NATO" was not part of Russian President…

France 24

HMP Lowdham Grange management changes hands in £264m deal

It had been run by Serco since it was opened in 1998

Nottingham Post

The moment a teen serving a driving ban rode his new e-scooter straight into a moving car

Ryan Thomas was charged with driving the scooter while banned from driving and has been sent to a young offenders institute for six months

Wales Online

Increased prison sentences for pair who helped killers evade police

Kane Hull and Liam Porter went on the run for 10 days, including travelling to Ireland, before being arrested over the murder of Ryan Kirkpatrick.

The Independent UK

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Kenneth Noye's life of violence - two deaths and marriage to legal barrister's secretary

Career criminal Kenneth Noye lived a violent life of crime which resulted in the death of two innocent people. Here we take a closer look at his childhood, marriage and convictions

Daily Mirror

By policing history, Poland's government is distorting the Holocaust

In January 2018, the Polish parliament passed a law that imposed prison terms of up to three years of anyone who claimed Poles had any responsibility for or complicity in crimes committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The Conversation

San Quentin State Prison captain accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious person

A San Quentin State Prison captain was arrested last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting someone who was unconscious.

Los Angeles Times

Drunk man broke into ex partner's home using brick day after release from prison for beating her

Thomas Morgan, 34, was seen on a door bell cam stumbling from a taxi as he approached the victim Barry home, which he was prevented from attending by a restraining order

Wales Online

Caged killer Michael Leonard - who burned woman alive - is treated in Cork hospital

Murderer Leonard is bedridden just eight weeks into life sentence for setting fire to a woman he had become obsessed with

Irish Mirror

'He made me feel worthless - I was carrying his child but the beatings and abuse carried on'

Jordan Burton, 22, had attacked the woman whilst she was pregnant

Manchester Evening News

400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found love

A former forest bandit and a trafficking survivor found love – and purpose – while serving life sentences in prison.

Al Jazeera

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Editorial: Inmate workers deserve some compensation

More than 150 of Allegheny County’s 1,500 prisoners work at institutional jobs. They wash dishes, cook, sort laundry, serve food, clean housing units, work in warehouses and perform various other jobs that, one way or the other, must be done. Inmate laborers generally work eight hours a day, seven days…

Reuters

Kyrgyz ex-president released from prison, case to be reviewed

Kyrgyzstan's former president, Almazbek Atambayev, has been released from prison for medical treatment abroad, an ally said on Tuesday, as his case was sent for a review.

Daily Mirror

Oscar Pistorius must never be freed for killing my sister, says Reeva Steenkamp brother

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine's Day 2013 - with him later being sentenced to 13 years in prison for her murder

Daily Mirror

Reeva Steenkamp's mum feared husband 'would not survive' Oscar Pistorius prison visit

Barry and June Steenkamp said they cannot forgive Oscar Pistorius after the former athlete refused to admit to them that he deliberately shot their daughter Reeva in South Africa

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Baby killer Kathleen Folbigg's prison letters reveal her hope for a 'genetic miracle'

Kathleen Folbigg complained of getting a "raw deal" in letters from prison tendered at an inquiry into her conviction.

AAP

Folbigg's hope for 'genetic miracle' in prison letters

Kathleen Folbigg lamented the "raw deal" she received and hoped for a "genetic miracle", in letters tendered to an inquiry into her child-killing convictions.

AAP

Prisoner stands trial accused of raping three inmates

Accused serial sex offender Raymond Henry Garland allegedly raped a fellow inmate a day after the man arrived at the Queensland jail, a court has been told.

Radio France Internationale

Mass trial opens in Chad over ex-president Idriss Déby's death

The trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of assassinating former Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno has got underway in a special court located at a prison outside the capital, N'Djaména. It is the latest mass trial instigated by the transitional government, which has faced opposition from protesters and from…

ABC News

Man sentenced to further 21 months in prison after kidnapping, stealing from woman in Gippsland

A man who has spent most of his adult life in prison has been sentenced to another 21 months behind bars after he kidnapped a woman in Moe in Victoria's east in 2021.

Reuters

U.S. makes fresh call for jailed Nicaraguan bishop's release

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols on Monday put fresh pressure on Nicaragua to release an anti-government bishop condemned last week to a 26-year prison sentence.

AAP

Army vet in need of mental health in prison, judge says

Christopher James Finn is in urgent need of mental health treatment in prison after suffering complex post traumatic stress disorder as a soldier, a judge says.

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