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A Missouri prison nurse reportedly poisoned her husband with antifreeze and set their shared home ablaze in an attempt to cover up the crime, earning her 12 years of prison time.

It's more common than you think.

Todd and Julie Chrisley want to dedicate their lives to prison reform advocacy to help the people they met behind bars.

Algerian authorities have sentenced a prominent French sports journalist to seven years in prison for "glorifying terrorism", media rights campaigners RSF have said, denouncing the verdict as "nonsensical". Christophe Gleizes, who contributes to the So Foot magazine, will file an appeal on Monday.

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program

Thousands of people streamed into central Sao Paulo for a demonstration Sunday called by Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking "justice" as he faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

An Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in detention was subjected to "barbarous and criminal" neglect, his mother says as an inquest into his death resumes.