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Mohinder Singh has prison sentence for Eastern Freeway crash reduced by three-and-a-half years

Mohinder Singh promised to testify against his former boss at an upcoming criminal trial in exchange for a reduced sentence.

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Justice Department releases memo justifying no obstruction of justice charges in Trump Russia investigation

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Go-karting event for prisoners was a mistake, French governor admits

Outrage over ‘rehabilitation’ event led ministers to launch inquiry

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Latin American leaders back Argentine VP after prosecutor's request

Latin American leaders sent their support to Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday, after prosecutors asked for extensive prison time in her corruption proceedings.

Reuters

Corrie fans 'work out' true killer of Stu's ex Charlie - and it's not the detective

Coronation Street fans believe they know who killed the young waitress Charlie Walter after Stu Carpenter went to prison for the crime

Daily Mirror

Jailing Najib is a win for Malaysia

Let's hear it for Malaysia. Something unimaginable just a few years ago has transpired. A former prime minister, the scion of a prominent political dynasty who retained a strong grassroots following as a top lawmaker, has been sentenced to prison. His fall is a tonic, however brief, for a country…

Bangkok Post

Whitmer kidnap plotter deserves prison break for helping government, feds say

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they want to shave three years off the prison sentence of a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because he helped secure the convictions of co-conspirators.

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U.S. says planned trials of Ukrainian POWs would be 'mockery of justice'

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday condemned plans by Russian-backed authorities to put on trial Ukrainian prisoners of war in the southern port of Mariupol, saying Russia would be trying to deflect responsibility for the invasion of its neighbor.

Reuters

Killer groom attacked in jail and rushed to hospital after life sentence began

Thomas Nutt and Dawn Walker got married on October 27 last year, but the blushing bride was killed just hours later and concerned locals later found her body stuffed into a suitcase

Daily Mirror

Chauvin taken from state prison, heading to federal facility to serve time for killing George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS — Fired Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was taken by U.S. marshals from a state prison and is heading to a federal facility to serve his time for killing George Floyd more than two years ago, a Minnesota corrections spokesman said.

Tribune News Service

Face of prolific Nottinghamshire shoplifter who targeted his local Morrisons

He was jailed for 11 months

Nottingham Post

Palestinian hunger striker held by Israel could die at any moment, lawyer says

A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for over 160 days in protest over his detention by Israel could die at any moment, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Whitey Bulger killers were tipped off about mobster’s prison arrival and murdered him within six minutes

Fotios Geas, 55, Paul DeCologero, 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were indicted last week on charges of conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the 2018 beating death of the notorious mobster

The Independent UK

Liverpool shooting: Figures show dozens of released prisoners murdered in a year

Most UK shootings a result of ‘feuds between criminal groups’, National Crime Agency says

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Anoosheh Ashoori: London Marathon dream of Iran detainee nears reality

British-Iranian who set goal while at notorious Evin prison says he wants ‘something good to come out of all that pain’

The Independent UK

Brown U. acquires trove of Mumia Abu-Jamal's prison papers

Brown University has acquired a trove of records, writings and artwork from Mumia Abu-Jamal

The Guardian - US

Nearly 50,000 people held in solitary confinement in US, report says

Study says between 41,000 and 48,000 prisoners subjected to ‘restrictive housing’, which UN considers a form of torture

Reuters

Jailed Russian politician Navalny says he is back in punishment cell

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that prison authorities had transferred him to a punishment cell for the second time this month at the facility where he is being held on charges he says are trumped up.

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Daily Mirror

Brit locked up over expired visa won't let 'horrific' stint in jail stop his travelling

Daniel Thompson said inmates had an upside-down bucket to sit on and a rock-hard prison bed with one blanket and prisoners were only allowed to lie on the bed at night

Evening Standard

Liverpool: Intended victim of gunman who killed nine-year-old girl arrested

The man targeted by the masked gunman who killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been arrested for breaching the terms of his release from prison and will be questioned in connection with the nine-year-old’s murder, police said. Olivia was fatally shot in her own home in the Dovecot area of Liverpool on…

The Independent UK

Disturbing photo shows Nikolas Cruz wrote ‘666’ in his own blood on prison cell walls

Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) released the image among a trove of disturbing jailhouse drawings and notes made by the 23-year-old behind bars

Reason

Father's Tort Claim Based on Alleged Falsification of Drug Test Results Can Go Forward

From Avendano v. Shaw, decided Friday by a five-Justice division of the Alabama Supreme Court (in an opinion by Justice James Mitchell, joined by Chief Justice Tom Parker; Justices Greg Shaw, Tommy Bryan, and Brady Mendheim concurred in the result, but without a separate opinion): This case stems from the…

The Independent UK

What does being released on licence mean?

The man targeted by the masked gunman who killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel has been arrested for breaching the terms of his release from prison.

The Independent UK

China changes ending of Minions so that character serves 20 years in prison

Chinese censors changed film’s ending to ensure villain is caught by police, viewers report

Bristol Post

Sex offender OAP who contacted boy signs judge's contract to stay out of trouble

Robin Corser-Langford gets final chance to stay out of jail

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