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'Desperate' And 'Very Dangerous' Killer Escapes From Mississippi Prison; Manhunt Underway

Mississippi authorities are searching for Drew Johnson, a convicted murderer who broke free from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.

Latin Times

Desi Bouterse, a dictator convicted of murder who twice ruled Suriname, has died at 79

Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79

The Independent UK

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022

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‘90 people have taken their own lives already. How many more do they want?’ The Labour peer taking on the scandal of ‘99-year’ sentences

Indeterminate sentences were scrapped in 2012 – but thousands of prisoners are still serving them, often for petty crimes, with no hope of release. Could there now be hope of resentencing?

The Guardian - UK

Missouri’s longest-serving female prisoner, serving life for murdering her husband, is released

Patty Prewitt was serving a life sentence for the 1984 murder of her husband in Holden, Missouri

The Independent UK

Gay Georgia Couple Used Adopted Kids To Film Incestuous Child Porn

A Georgia couple has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing their adopted sons and producing child pornography.

International Business Times

Georgia couple convicted of sexually abusing their adopted boys in ‘house of horrors’ sentenced to 100 years in prison

The investigation dates back to 2022, when police received a tip about suspected ‘homemade child sexual abuse material’

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Gay Georgia Couple Who Used Adopted Kids to Film Incestuous Child Porn Sentenced to Century in Prison

A Georgia couple has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing their adopted sons and producing child pornography.

Latin Times

The notorious January 6 rioters Trump could pardon as he re-enters White House

Hundreds of defendants admitted to their crimes or were convicted by juries after attacking police, threatening lawmakers or conspiring against the government. Trump could wipe their slates clean, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Trump has Christmas Eve meltdown over Biden’s commutation of nearly every federal death row prisoner’s sentence

Less than a month before Trump takes office, Biden removed 37 people from death row who were all convicted of murder charges

The Independent UK

American imprisoned in Russia sentenced to new 15-year jail term for espionage

A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported

The Independent UK

US Citizen Sentenced To 15 Years In Russian Prison

US citizens facing lengthy prison sentences in Russia for espionage and other offenses. Gene Spector among those sentenced.

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Colombia's Legendary Drug Lord Deported Back Home

Fabio Ochoa, former Medellin cartel boss, returns to Colombia after U.S. prison release for drug trafficking.

Latin Times

Complaint Alleges Staff At Center Holding Asylum Seekers in New Mexico Deal Drugs at The Facility

The private prison is owned and operated by CoreCivic, the same company in charge of the Torrance facility where detainees have also reported abuse

The Independent UK

Adnan Syed's lawyers seek to reduce his prison sentence

Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose legal case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” are seeking to have his prison sentence reduced

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The Independent UK

Legendary drug lord Fabio Ochoa is deported to Colombia after spending two decades in US prisons

One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States

Latin Times

Florida Teacher Arrested on Way to Prison Teaching Gig, Accused of Storing Nude Photo of Underage Student on Laptop

A GED instructor at a prison facility in Florida was arrested after his family member told police he possessed nude photos of a former student on his laptop.

Reason

Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences

Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison.

The Guardian - UK

Cut sentences in half to tackle prisons crisis

Letters: Paul Collins on how to improve the criminal justice system, and Ellie Dwight on an understaffed and ineffective probation service

The Independent UK

Court sentences Cambodian businessman to 31 years in prison for killing of young couple

A Cambodian real estate entrepreneur, whose killing of a young couple sparked public outrage, has been sentenced to the maximum 31 years in prison

The Independent UK

Biden commutes most federal death row sentences. Here’s the full list

Three people who committed hate-motivated mass killings or terrorism were exempt from commutation

Salon

Biden commutes all but 3 death sentences

President Biden commuted the death sentences of all but three federal prisoners who were convicted of mass murder

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