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Former Senator Menendez Faces Sentencing For Bribery Conviction

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing for corruption charges involving Egyptian government ties. Prosecutors seek 15-year prison term while def...

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Former Senator Bob Menendez Faces Decade-Long Prison Sentence

Former Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing for corruption charges involving bribery and misuse of political influence.

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UK environmental activists appeal against prison sentences they say are unduly harsh

Sixteen environmental activists in Britain have gone to court to appeal prison sentences for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup

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Just Stop Oil activists protest outside High Court as prison sentence appeals begin

Just Stop Oil activists gathered outside the High Court on Wednesday (29 January) as appeal hearings began for 16 protesters jailed over a series of disruptive actions across the UK.

The Independent UK

Five years in prison for nonviolent protest: it’s plain wrong, and Keir Starmer knows it

If the courts let 16 climate activists’ draconian sentences stand this week, we are no better than an authoritarian state, says environmental activist and former Green MP Caroline Lucas

The Guardian - UK

Judge set to sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted of taking bribes of cash and gold

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces the possibility of a long prison term when he is sentenced Wednesday for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash

The Independent UK

David Lammy urged to help save Iranian political prisoners from execution

An international group of academics, legal and political figures has written to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights urging him to step in to halt…

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'No Way Out': Grim Conditions In El Salvador's Mega-prison For Gangs

Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without mattresses: this is life in Latin America's biggest prison.

International Business Times

Suffragette’s great-granddaughter attacks protest sentences ahead of appeal bids

More than a dozen climate protesters are due to seek to challenge the length of their sentences at a hearing on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Crypto thief dubbed the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ says she’s just misunderstood as she starts prison sentence

‘This was a media spectacle — but they were wrong about me,’ Heather Morgan said

The Independent UK

Sara Sharif's father moved to infamous 'Monster Mansion' prison alongside other notorious killers

Urfan Sharif has reportedly been transferred to HMP Frankland joining the likes of Wayne Couzens and Levi Bellfield

Evening Standard

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni investigated for repatriating Libyan warlord

Osama Elmasry Njeem is suspected of crimes against humanity including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence as a prison overseer in Tripoli.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

Evening Standard

Susan Smith Denied Parole After 30 Years In Prison

Susan Smith, who drowned her sons in 1994, denied parole after 30 years in prison.

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California Woman Helped Dozens of Secretly Pregnant Chinese Women Enter US to Give Birth

The woman behind USA Happy Baby, a "birth tourism" operation, was sentenced to years in prison for helping more than 100 Chinese women obtain birthright citizenship for their expectant children.

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Transgender Inmate Sues Trump Admin Over Medical Treatment Ban

Transgender inmate Maria Moe sues Trump admin over halting medical treatments for federal prisoners, sparking legal challenges.

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Former Sen. Bob Menendez faces sentencing in corruption case - Roll Call

Prosecutors recommended that the New Jersey Democrat receive at least 15 years in prison after being found guilty last summer on 16 counts.

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California Woman Sentenced For Birth Tourism Scheme

California woman sentenced to prison for 'birth tourism' scheme aiding Chinese women seeking American citizenship for their babies.

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Life on South Carolina death row: months of ‘barbaric’ isolation before execution

Marion Bowman Jr has been caged in a tiny ‘execution watch’ cell since September, waiting to be killed: ‘I won’t let the prison turn me into an animal’

The Independent UK

Heavily-tattooed former actor guilty of assaulting ex-girlfriend day after early prison release

Jason Hoganson attacked Rachel Usher outside her flat as she waited for the lifts

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California Woman Sentenced To Prison In Birth Tourism Scheme

Phoebe Dong sentenced to prison for involvement in birth tourism scheme, raising questions about US immigration laws.

International Business Times UK

'Who Paid For This?': Fury As Trans Prisoner Is Allowed Out Of Jail For Surgery To 'Look More Feminine'

Life inmate Alan Baker, now known as Alex Stewart, has undergone a tracheal shave, prompting criticism over the use of taxpayer funds for the procedure.

The Guardian - UK

‘I watched every video to see my father’s face’: the woman who became the voice of Syria’s missing on why she isn’t giving up hope

Assad’s notorious prisons may have been opened, but Wafa Mustafa and thousands of others feel abandoned in their struggle to find loved ones

The Independent UK

Violent Jan 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump being sought on charges of child sex solicitation

Andrew Taake, 36, was released from federal prison despite a formal request by Texas prosecutors to keep him in custody to stand trial on

The Independent UK

Trans inmate sues Trump over executive order forcing her into men’s prison and denying appropriate health care

Incarcerated trans woman takes aim at president’s order rolling back protections for LGBT+ Americans

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