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Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war

In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Bangkok Post

Russia Hasn’t Responded to Griner, Whelan Swap Offer

The U.S. has yet to get an answer from Russia on its prisoner swap proposal to bring the two Americans back home.

Sports Illustrated

More trials? Consecutive sentences? What’s next for convicted R&B singer R. Kelly

For the second time in less than a year, Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly finds himself convicted of serious federal child-sex crimes and staring at a lengthy prison term.

Chicago Tribune

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Judge slashes sentence of convicted Whitmer kidnap plotter

DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, could be released to a halfway house within days because a judge Friday reduced his prison sentence, citing ongoing cooperation that helped convict two ringleaders.

Tribune News Service

Police investigating whether white-supremacist prison gang behind bodies found in Oklahoma

Police found human remains at two sites

The Independent UK

‘Honey-child, listen to me’: a radical Buddhist nun on how to be happy in a crazy world

From a Catholic convent in Melbourne to death row in America, Robina Courtin has learned a few things about happiness, suffering … and Donald Trump

The Guardian - AU

Prisoner 'unlawfully at large' allegedly barricaded himself in bedroom when found

Both Guy Pearson Robert and his partner Carla Lee Sebbens appeared before court on Friday.

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In South Carolina, What You Say During Protests Could Land You in Jail

Brittany Martin, who is pregnant, was sentenced to four years in prison after telling police they'd "better be ready to die for the blue. I'm ready to die for the black."

Reason

Tunisian journalists denounce president's law on prison terms for false information

Tunisia's president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists' union as an assault on freedom of speech.

Reuters

$9 million wrongful conviction payout for a 1991 murder case tainted by CPD detective who is married to a judge

Patrick Prince said he spent 28 years in prison for a 1991 murder he confessed to only after he was beaten by Kriston Kato, a retired detective who is married to Judge Mary Brosnahan.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot

A Michigan man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory

The Independent UK

Victim of Jeremy Vine's stalker feared wife could miscarry over campaign of hate

A victim of Alex Belfield, who was today handed five years in prison for stalking TV presenter Jeremy Vine and others, has spoken about the nightmare he endured, and how he was left living in fear

Daily Mirror

Selling Fentanyl Could Mean the Death Penalty Under New Rubio Bill

As per usual, politicians' response to negative effects of the drug war is…more drug war.

Reason

Jeremy Vine and victims react as stalker Alex Belfield sentenced to five years in prison

Former BBC DJ Alex Belfield has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after being found guilty of stalking broadcasters, with his victims now reacting to the news

Daily Mirror

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Ex-Board of Review worker admits taking bribes for tax breaks, faces 2.5 years in prison

Danilo Barjaktarevic told a judge Friday he was “really sorry that I did it … I lost the trust of my co-workers … and my family …I hurt everybody.” The Chicago Sun-Times revealed last year the worker was under investigation by the FBI.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: California bill can limit role of racism in the criminal justice system

It’s hardly news that Black Americans are overrepresented in prison. Nationwide, Black people are locked up in state prison at a rate of 1,240 per 100,000 residents, as compared with 261 whites. That’s 4.8 times greater incarceration of Black than white people, based on 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau…

AAP

Killer granny Neill-Fraser to leave lockup

Killer grandmother Susan Neil-Fraser has been granted parole after spending more than a decade behind bars for her partner's murder aboard their yacht.

ABC News

Susan Neill-Fraser to be freed after being granted parole, 13 years after murder of Bob Chappell

Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser is to be freed after a parole board granted her bid for release from prison.

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The Guardian - AU

Fears for safety of incarcerated children after fire in Perth maximum security prison

WA Department of Justice reports one person treated for smoke inhalation but concerns remain about conditions inside Caruarina detention facility

Evening Standard

High Court challenge to defendants being freed from prison is delayed by Legal Aid blunders

Thousands of Crown Court hearings around the country are being disrupted

Daily Mirror

Hardened Russian prisoners offered freedom for six months fighting in Ukraine

The leader of infamous Wagner group, who has close ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been filmed telling hardened criminals that if they join the fight in Ukraine they could be freed after six months

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The Govt Is Being Urged To Allow 16 And 17 YOs To Vote And Honestly This Is Long Overdue

The Federal Government is being called upon to lower the voting age to 16, as well as allow citizens in prison to participate in democracy. Finally.Several submissions to the joint standing committee on electoral matters this month have called for expanded voting rights because, well, there is literally no reason…

AAP

NT a world leader in prison rates: report

A new report says the Northern Territory jails people at a rate among the highest in the world, with Indigenous Australians significantly over-represented.

Reuters

U.S. judge sentences Mexican cartel boss to life in prison

Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S. federal court on Thursday for his involvement in trafficking marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the Justice Department said.

The Independent UK

Ex-Gulf Cartel boss gets life sentence for drug conspiracy

A Mexican national who headed the Gulf Cartel from 2003 to 2012 has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty previously in a U.S. court to drug smuggling conspiracy

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