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Democrat defeats incumbent Republican in Memphis DA race

A Democratic lawyer who pledged to make abortion prosecutions under Tennessee’s “trigger law” an extremely low priority in the county that includes Memphis has defeated the incumbent Republican district attorney who refused to say whether she would go after doctors who perform the procedure

The Independent UK

Wife of man left unable to speak 'horrified' teen attacker could be free in weeks

Harry Furlong, 18, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on care worker Alan Willson on Easter Sunday last year but he is set to leave prison just months after his conviction

Daily Mirror

The Angola 3's Albert Woodfox, who survived decades of solitary confinement, dies

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.

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Brittney Griner has been sentenced to jail time in Russia. Could a controversial prisoner swap bring her home?

Brittney Griner's fate could depend on a man imprisoned thousands of kilometres away — an international arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" who could be offered up in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Russia.

ABC News

CPAC mocked for ‘silent disco’ booth featuring fake Jan 6 prisoner crying in a cell

‘This is incredible. A weeping insurrectionist pajama boy art installation,’ former Obama staffer says

The Independent UK

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia bolsters troops in south; grain ship leaves port for first time since blockade; UN to investigate prison attack that killed dozens

The Guardian - AU

Stalker bombarded ex with 325 calls a day from inside prison

Gerald Cole terrorised the woman even after being imprisoned for assaulting her

Liverpool Echo

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Man who threatened to kill Fauci in emails sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

One email said Fauci's family would be “dragged into the street, beaten to death, and set on fire.”

Axios

Evil paedophile who raped girl more than 60 times dies in prison

James Knowles spent his final days in the hospital wing of HMP Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Lawyer: Arbery shooter fears he'll be killed in state prison

The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says he's afraid fellow inmates will kill him if he's sent to a state prison to serve a life sentence for murder

The Independent UK

'Committed paedophile' dies within months of being jailed

Roy Woodward was sentenced to 21 years for a 'campaign of rape' on a young girl

Liverpool Echo

Prisoner died of heart attack in HMP Lowdham Grange gym toilet

Masih Ullah had arrived at the prison 12 days earlier

Nottingham Post

Man who threatened to kill Anthony Fauci given three-year prison term

Thomas Connally, 56, of West Virginia pleaded guilty to making threats over Fauci’s handling of Covid pandemic

The Guardian - US

You may not hear much more about a Brittney Griner prisoner swap and there’s a good reason why

This is why the Brittney Griner prisoner swap negotiations are going to go quiet again.

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US, Russia say they're willing to discuss prisoner swap after Griner conviction

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday they’re willing to pursue talks on a prisoner exchange involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American.

The Independent UK

Wanted rapist who absconded from prison may be living ‘off grid’, police say

Sean Phipps, who has convictions for rape and kidnap, has been missing since June 1 after absconding from HMP Leyhill in south Gloucester.

Daily Record

Scots woman battered with dumbbell by convicted killer says she forgives him as he faces parole hearing

Robbie McIntosh has only served five years for his crazed attack on Linda McDonald which left her with serious injuries

The Independent UK

Man who sent death threats to Fauci sentenced to three years in prison

‘Smart and technologically sophisticated, the defendant intended to heighten the terror he sought to instill by using a foreign encrypted email provider’, prosecutors say

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The Guardian - US

Russia ‘ready to discuss’ prisoner swap but will resist pressure to free Brittney Griner

Biden ‘hopeful’ about Griner release after foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warns Russia will not tolerate ‘megaphone diplomacy’

Axios

Russia "ready to discuss" prisoner swap for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

The U.S. has proposed exchanging Griner and Whelan for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

The Independent UK

Kremlin says Griner swap must be discussed without publicity

The Kremlin says it’s open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving American basketball star Brittney Griner but strongly warned Washington against publicizing the issue

The Independent UK

Ex-MP Natalie McGarry lodges appeal against embezzlement conviction

The 40-year-old former SNP politician was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year.

Reuters

After Griner trial, Kremlin says: we'll not discuss swaps in public

The Kremlin said on Friday that possible prisoner exchanges with the United States should not be discussed in public because if they were then they would never take place.

Dublin Live

Prisoners removed after violent protest erupts in Moutjoy Prison

There has been heightened tension all week in Mountjoy following the murder of Robert O'Connor

Reuters

Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

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