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Former US police officer gets nearly 12 years for fatal shooting

Ex-officer was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting 28-year-old Black woman Atatiana Jefferson in Texas home.

Al Jazeera

Boris Becker says he was ‘a nobody’ in prison as he breaks silence after release

‘I think I rediscovered the person I used to be,’ says three-time Wimbledon champion

The Independent UK

Ex-Fort Worth cop sentenced to nearly 12 years for manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson

A jury found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter last week for the fatal shooting of Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, while she was babysitting her nephew in a family home.

The Texas Tribune

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Chicago man gets 26 months in prison for torching CTA van during George Floyd protest

Lamar Taylor has served 22 months while awaiting trial and is likely to be released soon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

Tribune News Service

Officer gets nearly 12 years for killing Atatiana Jefferson

A former Texas police officer convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 has been sentenced to 11 years and 10 months in prison

The Independent UK

Boris Becker reveals grim reality of prison life after "brutal" jail transfer

The 55-year-old spent eight months in prison after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, and he has now broken his silence bout his experience on German television

Daily Mirror

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Alabama inmate ‘baked to death’ in prison cell, says lawsuit

‘He had dreams of obtaining his freedom, joining his mother and starting a new and productive life’

The Independent UK

R Kelly’s former manager sentenced to prison over shooting threat hoax to stop screening about disgraced star

Donnell Russell, 47, was sentenced to a year in federal prison on Monday

The Independent UK

Boris Becker was just a "number" in prison where they "don't give a f*** who you are"

Becker was deported to Germany after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half years prison sentence, and he has since taken part in his first interview since his release

Daily Mirror

Evil killer massacred eight family members as they slept in 'monstrous' mass murder

Following an emotional hearing featuring the devastated family members speaking of their grief and devastation, George Wagner IV was sentenced to life in prison

Daily Mirror

Katie Taylor's former opponent Viviane Obenauf handed 16-year prison sentence for killing husband

The former opponent of Katie Taylor was sentenced today

Irish Mirror

Boris Becker to describe prison terror in £435,000 TV interview after return to Germany

Boris Becker is back to Germany just months into his two-and-a-half-year sentence after being found guilty of four charges of insolvency relating to his bankruptcy

Daily Mirror

David Hunter: Brit ex-pat faces life in Cyprus prison over death of terminally ill wife

A British pensioner arrested over the death of his terminally ill wife in Cyprus faces life in prison after a manslaughter plea was thrown out, according to reports.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘I have to control the flashbacks’: Anoosheh Ashoori on life after being freed from an Iranian jail

The British Iranian was released from prison after five years in March. The 68-year-old is cherishing time with family and has run the London marathon - but his ordeal still haunts him

The Independent UK

Palestinians call for strike after prisoner dies of cancer

Palestinian factions are calling for a general strike in the occupied West Bank and urging Palestinians to confront Israeli troops after a Palestinian prisoner died of lung cancer

The Guardian - UK

‘I was a nobody’: Boris Becker gives first interview since leaving UK prison

Former Wimbledon champion tells German broadcaster he learned a hard lesson and experience was ‘worthwhile’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Call For Strike After Prisoner Dies of Cancer

Palestinian factions called for a general strike in the occupied West Bank and urged Palestinians to confront Israeli troops on Tuesday after a Palestinian prisoner died of lung cancer. Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, a former leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Judge Imprisons Former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh

Tunisia’s anti-terrorism judge decided to imprison Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist Ennahda party, after hours of investigation into suspicions of sending militanrs ti fight in to Syria, lawyers said on Monday. “The investigative judge issued a prison decision against former Prime Minister Ali…

The Independent UK

Synagogue attacker moved to new prison after taking hostages

A far-right extremist who killed two people in the German city of Halle three years ago after trying to attack a synagogue has been moved to a new prison following an apparent jailbreak attempt

Reuters

Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison

A Russian court has sentenced four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents to prison terms of between three-and-a-half and seven years, the latest step in Moscow's crackdown on an organisation it deems dangerous, the religious group said late on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian prisoner diagnosed with cancer dies in Israel custody

Palestinian officials and rights groups had long called for Abu Hmaid’s release after he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Guardian - AU

New Victorian Liberal MP tells Labor to ‘get out of churches’ and rails against ‘failed socialist experiment’

Fellow Liberal new arrival Evan Mulholland calls for prison sentences to be scrapped for some drug offences

Daily Mirror

Inmate 'baked' to death in 40C prison cell that was 'hotter than three hells'

Thomas Lee Rutledge was found dead in his cell at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility mental heath ward in Bessemer, Alabama where temperatures reached up to 40C

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Court Sentences 17 Former ISIS Members to Death

Tripoli's Criminal Court on Monday sentenced to death 17 suspects convicted on charges of joining ISIS and participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha, a statement from the country’s top prosecutor said on Monday. The death sentences were given out to those convicted of…

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