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Missouri executes Leonard Taylor, convicted of 2004 murders, despite innocence claim

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, who was convicted in a 2004 quadruple murder but maintained his innocence, died by lethal injection Tuesday night at a prison in eastern Missouri.

Tribune News Service

NASCAR star Kyle Busch remains free despite three year jail sentence for gun charge

A Mexican judge slapped Busch with a prison sentence after he was found with a gun at Cancun Airport last month, but the NASCAR racer is back in the US and "considers the issue closed"

Daily Mirror

Missouri prisoner Leonard Taylor appeals to the Supreme Court, seeking to halt his execution

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attorneys for Missouri prisoner Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday amid mounting calls for his innocence claims to be vetted, have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Edinburgh prison staff 'sacked for attacking inmate in his cell'

The incident is understood to have occurred at HMP Edinburgh, Saughton, after the trio battered the 24-year-old prison in his cell in early September 22. Police Scotland have now launched a probe into the attack

Edinburgh Live

Prisoner on the run after escape from jail could be in Merseyside

Oliver Dale has links to Liverpool and Wirral

Liverpool Echo

Prison staff 'sacked from HMP Edinburgh for attacking inmate in cell'

Three physical training instructors at the Saughton nick are understood to have been axed last week.

Daily Record

Twenty members of ISIS escape Syria’s ‘Black Prison’ after earthquake devastates area

Some twenty former members of ISIS have escaped a prison located in Rajo in northeastern Syria after powerful earthquakes devastated the region and neighbouring Turkey

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Why life sentences don't mean life in prison as David Carrick gets 36 of them in one

The 48-year-old was accused of 85 offences in total, including more than 20 rapes against 12 victims between 2003 and 2020

Wales Online

How cop David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders

David Carrick has been sentenced to 30 years and 239 days in prison after attacking a dozen woman over a 17-year period - but warning signs had been posted continually about the serving policeman's behaviour

Daily Mirror

‘A long time coming’: Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam runs for office

Salaam, who was falsely accused at age 15 of gang rape and incarcerated for seven years, is hoping to use his experience to create a positive change

The Guardian - US

Hong Kong starts largest ever trial against pro-democracy activists

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

Radio France Internationale

Man could face £50,000 flytipping fine after trying to create community allotment in derelict park

Simon Martin could face a £50,000 fine or prison after he tried to bring a derelict play park back into use as an allotment

Wales Online

Int’l Report Unveils Iranian Diplomats' Role in Distorting Image of Protesters

A report by Amnesty International has shed light on the Iranian diplomats' involvement in the cover-up of 1988 executions and the current crackdown on protests. The executions were done based on a fatwa by Khomeini, the Supreme Leader at the time. The Iranian authorities' refusal to acknowledge let alone ensure…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 20 Escape Syria Prison Holding ISIS Inmates after Quake

Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly ISIS group members, a source at the facility told AFP. The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire police officer beaten unconscious says he's 'lucky to be alive'

Josh Smith, 20, attacked the officer in 2021 and beat him unconcious, however, he was spared a prison sentence and handed a six-month electronic tagging order with an 8am to 7pm curfew

Irish Mirror

Man who 'danced' on body of Robert O'Connor after beating admits to brutal Mountjoy prison murder

Exclusive: "It's simply not known at this stage why he has made this move but no doubt he has his own motivations for doing so"

Dublin Live

Thug admits to murdering man in Mountjoy Prison cell

The criminal, aged in his late 30s, made the admission to gardai after he was arrested in jail

Reuters

Catholic priests in Nicaragua sentenced to decade behind bars

A Nicaraguan judge sentenced four Catholic priests to 10-year prison terms on Monday, after they were charged with "treason" and "spreading false news," amid what rights groups call a growing clampdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega.

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Tarikjot Singh pleads guilty to murder of Adelaide aged care worker Jasmeen Kaur

A man will be sentenced to life in prison after admitting to killing 21-year-old aged care worker Jasmeen Kaur in South Australia two years ago.

Tribune News Service

‘You will not break my spirit’: Leonard Taylor speaks out day before execution in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor answered the phone exuberantly on Monday from a prison in eastern Missouri.

AAP

Hunt for prison escapee in far north Queensland

A man guilty of breaking and entering with threats or violence is on the run after escaping a far north Queensland correctional centre overnight.

The Guardian - US

Argentinian rugby players sentenced to life in prison over teen’s murder

Fernando Báez Sosa, son of Paraguayan immigrants, was attacked outside nightclub in what family see as racially motivated attack

The Independent UK

Prisoners to be held in police cells after surge in jail overcrowding

Last year, the Government announced it had asked to use 400 police cells to hold inmates after a surge in overcrowding.

The Guardian - UK

Insulate Britain protester faces prison over contempt of court conviction

David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance

The Independent UK

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson facing public Parole Board hearing next month

An application by Bronson’s lawyers to request the hearing takes place in public was granted last year.

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