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Man Who Repeatedly Broke Into Neighbors' Home To Smell Their Shoes Tells Court He Can't Explain His Behavior

A man who can't stop breaking into neighbors' homes to smell their shoes in the middle of the night will attend therapy in lieu of spending a month in prison.

Latin Times

Wife of Conservative Official Imprisoned for 1 Year Over Racist Social Media Posts: 'If That Makes Me Racist, So Be It'

A woman who posted that immigrants should face mass deportation and to set hotels housing them on fire has been sentenced to more than a year of jail time.

Latin Times

These Texas Inmates Wrote a Book. Then the Prison System Banned It.

The government will prevent prisoners from getting TEXAS LETTERS, an anthology about experiences with solitary confinement.

Reason

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Uncle of Menendez Brothers Breaks with Family, Says They're Lying About Being Molested and Should Stay in Prison: 'That Is a Fabrication'

Most of Erik and Lyle Menendez's family members agree the brothers should be released for murdering their parents, except their mother's brother who says they're greedy and lied about being molested.

Latin Times

Yahya Sinwar: ruthless operator who plotted Hamas 7 October attack

Drawn into Islamist activism as a teenager, Sinwar spent 22 years in Israeli jails before return to frontline militancy

The Guardian - UK

Woman jailed for killing boyfriend with antifreeze poison after inheritance row

A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison in connection with the antifreeze poisoning death of her boyfriend

The Independent UK

Drug kingpin Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami

Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, who co-founded the notorious drug trafficking organization Black Mafia Family, is serving out the remainder of his prison sentence in a residential reentry program in Miami

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Why calls to review Lucy Letby’s case are so different from other miscarriage of justice campaigns

Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse, was convicted after two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Sentenced to life imprisonment following a case which many believe was built on circumstantial evidence, Letby has consistently maintained her innocence.

The Conversation

Who is the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed by Israel?

Sinwar was born in Khan Younis, Gaza, and became involved with Hamas in the 1980s

The Independent UK

Victims Of Vietnam Tycoon's Record Scam Count Losses After Sentence

A decade of selling diapers and baby products earned Nguyen Thi Huong a modest savings of $20,000 but her earnings vanished in Vietnam's biggest-ever scam that has seen the tycoon responsible sentenced to life in prison.

International Business Times

Former Mexican Security Chief Sentenced To 38 Years In Prison

Former Mexican security chief sentenced to 38 years in US prison for cartel bribery scheme, exposing corruption in law enforcement and drug trade.

Top News

Magistrates handed power to jail for a year in government bid to tackle justice crisis

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says extending magistrates powers will help ease the prisons crisis

Evening Standard

No guarantee of protection or change: What the stories of 3 journalists tell us this month

Journalism and journalists have made news this last fortnight.

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'I'll make you No.4': murder trial told of death threat

A man has given evidence about his murdered friend's disappearance, saying the accused killer made a death threat against him in prison.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to give magistrates in England and Wales more sentencing powers

Exclusive: Plan to cut backlogs by doubling maximum term from six to 12 months was tried before by Tories

The Independent UK

Idaho says it will try again to execute prisoner who survived first botched attempt

The 74-year-old is the state’s longest-serving death row inmate

The Independent UK

Zeta drug lord continued to control cartel from inside a Mexican prison, says US indictment

A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico's most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison

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International Business Times

Mexico's Ex-security Chief Sentenced To Over 38 Years In US Prison

Mexico's former top security official Genaro Garcia Luna was sentenced to more than 38 years in a US prison on Wednesday for aiding the very drug cartels he was tasked with dismantling.

Latin Times

Former Mexican Top Security Official Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Prison For Cartel Bribes

Prosecutors say that García Luna provided intelligence about investigations against the cartel, information about rivals and the safe passage of drug shipments

International Business Times

Florida Man Joins Growing List Of People Trump Released From Prison Rearrested For New Crimes

Philip Esformes was convicted in 2019 in connection with a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scandal, which landed him a 20-year prison sentence.

The Independent UK

Idaho issues execution warrant for inmate who survived a botched attempt

Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt in February

The Guardian - US

Former Las Vegas official who killed journalist must serve at least 28 years

Robert Telles was convicted of stabbing Jeff German of Las Vegas Review-Journal who had written critical articles

The Independent UK

Gypsy Rose Blanchard thinks it’s ‘heartbreaking’ her mother will never meet her baby

Blanchard, who was sentenced to prison over her mother’s murder, admits it makes her ‘sad’ to think her mom won’t meet her daughter

The Independent UK

Armed teenager tries to rob a pizza shop – but gets beaten up by the employees

A restaurant manager allegedly asked the would-be robber if he preferred prison or death

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