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Amanda Knox Tells Her Own Story

"Our criminal justice system relies upon our own ignorance and the fact that we don't know what our rights are."

Reason

Five ‘Bali Nine’ prisoners return to Australia after nearly two decades in Indonesian jails

Group of Australians were imprisoned in 2015 for attempting to smuggle 8kg of heroin in Bali

The Independent UK

Brazil's Crackdown on Racist Speech: Social Media Figure Faces Record 8-Year Prison Sentence

Day McCarthy's conviction marks Brazil's toughest racism penalty as prosecutions surge, with 4,871 cases filed between 2020 and 2023.

Latin Times

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5 heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

Australia's prime minister says five Australians who have spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking have returned to Australia under a deal struck between the two governments

The Independent UK

Bali five return to Australia, and don’t have to serve more prison time

The remaining five members of the Bali Nine – Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj – arrived back in Australia from Indonesia on Sunday.

The Conversation

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

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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

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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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...

The Independent UK

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

Latin Times

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

The Independent UK

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

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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.

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.

Reason

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.

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

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