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Capitol Rioter Imprisoned for Assaulting Police Says She 'Regrets Ever Having Responded to Trump's Call'

A Texas woman has denounced Donald Trump's rhetoric surrounding the 2020 election after having stormed the capital on Jan. 6, even assaulting law enforcement while she was there.

Latin Times

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.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on prison reform: Labour must champion alternatives

Editorial: Jails are squalid and the number of incarcerated people keeps rising. Investing in probation is part of the answer

The Guardian - UK

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Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

Nearly three dozen rights groups urge Thailand’s prime minister to release a Vietnamese activist facing extradition, warning he risks torture if returned

The Independent UK

Political prisoners concerned by diplomacy red tape

Australians wrongfully detained oversees are decrying being freed only to fall through the cracks back home, citing lack of support for them and their families.

AAP

Vindication for victims as pedophile counsellor jailed

A former school counsellor who used hypnosis to sexually abuse young boys will most likely die in jail after receiving a minimum two-decade prison sentence.

AAP

South Carolina man gets life in prison in killing of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in federal prison in the killing of a Black transgender woman after their secret sexual relationship was exposed

The Independent UK

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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

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 Independent UK

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

International Business Times

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.

Top News

US Indictment Reveals Mexican Cartel Leader Running Gang From Prison

Indictment reveals Miguel Angel Treviño Morales' alleged operation of Northeast Cartel from Mexican prison, facing serious charges and extradition challenges.

Evening Standard

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

Newslaundry

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.

AAP

'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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