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Australia Says 'Bali Nine' Prisoners Have Returned Home

The five remaining members of the Australian "Bali Nine" drug ring have returned home after 19 years in jail in Indonesia, the Australian government said Sunday.

International Business Times

After a 15-year pause in executions, Indiana prepares to put to death a man who killed 4

Indiana officials are preparing to execute the state’s first death row inmate in 15 years

The Independent UK

Filipino woman on Indonesia death row recalls a stunning last minute reprieve and 'miracle' transfer

Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just feet from her isolation cell on an Indonesian prison island, where a 13-member firing squad was waiting

The Independent UK

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Former Head of Syrian Prison Allegedly Used Wooden Device Known as 'Flying Carpet' to Inflict Torture on Prisoners

An Syrian military official who fled to the United States was charged in California with multiple counts of torture, specifically for using a device called the "flying carpet" to inflict pain on prisoners.

International Business Times

Man Pleads Guilty To Murder And Rape Of Homeless Girl

A man pleads guilty to first-degree murder and rape of a 5-year-old girl in Kansas, facing life in prison.

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‘Until my last breath’: Searching for relatives at Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’

Thousands of prisoners have been released from the notorious Sednaya prison, but many are still missing.

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Dallas Man Sentenced To Prison For Violating Probation Terms

Dallas man sentenced to prison for attempting to join Russian military, violating probation terms.

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Fury after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and city coffer embezzler

One clemency recipient got paid to send kids to prison, the other stole a staggering amount of money from her community

The Independent UK

‘The army just ran away’: how Bashar al-Assad lost his brutal grip on Syria

Former president’s regime killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of protesters. Now Syrians are facing a new country and a new reality

The Guardian - UK

American Travis Timmerman Freed From Syrian Prison

American citizen Travis Timmerman was handed over to US forces in Syria and flown to Jordan after being detained in a Syrian prison. He entered Syria witho...

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Los Angeles grand jury indicts former Syrian official for torture

Alsheikh once served as a governor in Syria and immigrated to the US in 2020

The Independent UK

Former Top Mexican Security Official Moved To Another Prison In The U.S. While Authorities Determine His Fate

Genaro García Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison for conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times

Leader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison

The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017

The Independent UK

US citizen imprisoned in Syria has been released and flown to Jordan

Travis Timmerman, 29, was imprisoned in Syria after crossing into the country on a Christian pilgrimage in June.

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The Independent UK

US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34M to exonerated woman

A federal jury in Las Vegas has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who served more than 15 years in prison for a 2001 killing she did not commit

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who tried to join Russian army is sentenced to prison for probation violation

A Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine has been sentenced on to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago

International Business Times

Syria's Druze Hope For Better Future Without Assad

Bayan al-Hinnawi, who spent years behind bars in Bashar al-Assad's Syria, joined crowds in the heartland of the Druze minority on Friday to celebrate the president's fall, "a dream" come true for the former prisoner.

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5 Years After Giving Birth, a Mississippi Mother Was Arrested for a Felony Based on a Postnatal Drug Test

Brandy Moore, who stopped using meth midway through her pregnancy, was charged with "aggravated domestic violence" because she decided not to have an abortion.

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Evening Standard

Convicted murderer on the run from Londonderry prison

James Meehan, 55, has been serving a life sentence following a murder conviction in 2009.

The Independent UK

American released from Syrian prison is flown out of the country, a US official says

The U.S. military has transported an American who was imprisoned in Syria for seven months out of the country

The Independent UK

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’

British teenager Marcus Fakana, 18, is facing a year in Al-Awir prison, where inmates have described horrifying conditions

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US Man Found Alive In Syria After Mysterious Disappearance

Travis Timmerman, a missing US man found in Syria, reunited with relieved parents after being released from a Syrian prison. US efforts underway for his re...

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Syrians celebrate fall of Assad in Damascus; Blinken makes surprise Iraq visit for talks – as it happened

Crowds of men, women and children gathered to celebrate after the first Friday prayers since Assad was ousted; US secretary of state to discuss Syria

Evening Standard

Man jailed for life for murder of toddler whose body he wheeled round in buggy

Scott Jeff was handed a life sentence for the murder of Isabella Wheildon, two, and must serve at least 26 years.

Radio France Internationale

Young offenders drive repeat crime rates in France, study shows

A French Justice Ministry study has found that 63 percent of prisoners released in 2016 reoffended within five years of their release.

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