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Minnesota returns voting power to thousands. The question is whether they'll use it

A new law in Minnesota speeds up restoration of voting eligibility to the formerly incarcerated. Now advocates are fanning out to convince people to use those rights.

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Jamie-Lee O’Donnell on being skint, Derry Girls, and her prison drama Screw: ‘For so long I was told my Derry accent was too strong, too working class’

O’Donnell might only be at the beginning of her career, but she is already a national treasure in Northern Ireland. She tells Ellie Harrison about how she got here

The Independent UK

Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail that houses adult sex offenders

Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisoners

The Guardian - UK

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Jagtar Singh Johal's brother in plea to PM after letter from Douglas Ross 'mislaid'

A PLEA to Rishi Sunak to put pressure on the Indian Prime Minister to release Jagtar Singh Johal from prison and a possible death penalty has been…

The National (Scotland)

Ministers plan to expand whole-life sentences for ‘most horrific’ murderers

Currently rare prison orders with little chance of parole would become default for worst offenders under MoJ proposals

The Guardian - UK

Yogi Adityanath like a guardian, says son of released former Uttar Pradesh Minister Amarmani Tripathi

Aman Mani Tripathi: Chief Minister is our guardian and guide; shares familial relationship; people of constituency celebrating release of parents; Amarmani Tripathi: elected four times to State Assembly; served as Minister in BJP & BSP govts; arrested in 2003 for murder of poet Madhumita Shukla; sentenced to life imprisonment in…

The Hindu

Ex-Alabama deputy sheriff sentenced to prison for sexual assault on woman in his custody

Joshua Davidson given sentence of 12 and a half years for attack while on duty as a Dallas county deputy sheriff

The Guardian - US

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Students at Stateville prison find empowerment, hope in arts education

“We’ve been given a platform to have our hidden voices heard and our invisibility made visible to the outside,” said student Reginald BoClair.

Chicago Sun-Times

US-Iran relations: Why did the prisoner exchange deal happen now?

Critics have argued that the US has given into Iranian blackmail by agreeing to a prisoner exchange deal.

Al Jazeera

Alex Murdaugh set to plead guilty to federal financial charges

This would mark the first time the convicted killer has admitted guilt for any crime in court

The Independent UK

‘Don’t screw up,’ judge warns sister-in-law of Flores twins who turned on El Chapo, giving her probation

“Here’s the deal, this is like you just won the World Series,” U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly warned Bianca Finnigan, 34. “You won’t get a second break.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Pakistani doctor who sought to support Islamic State terror group sentenced in Minnesota to 18 years

A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator who sought to join the Islamic State terrorist group to fight in Syria and expressed interest in carrying out attacks on U.S. soil has been sentenced to 18 years in prison

The Independent UK

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Zombie jokes, perplexing paths, and a handsy officer.

Reason

R. Kelly to use royalties to pay victims

R. Kelly is currently serving 30 years in prison for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking conviction

Salon

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Lawyer wails that jailed crypto king is 'subsisting on bread and water', judge says she's 'reasonably confident' that's not the case

Sam Bankman-Fried's bail was revoked earlier this month, and he's now being detained until his trial.

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh to plead guilty in theft case. It would be the first time he admits to a crime

Court records show convicted murderer and former attorney Alex Murdaugh has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to stealing millions of dollars from clients

The Independent UK

New York man sentenced to 3 months in prison for threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

A judge has sentenced a New York man to serve three months in prison for making threatening phone calls to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

The Independent UK

Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and journalists have been killed in a variety of ways

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Charles Sobhraj, convicted murderer, has a new story to tell

After 19 years inside a Nepali jail, ‘the Serpent’ says he plans to sue for his imprisonment and chase series deals.

Al Jazeera

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling

Indonesia’s top court overturned two officers’ acquittal in the stadium crush, but handed down short sentences.

The Independent UK

Can Donald Trump still run for president after charges over 2020 election?

Republican former president faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK

Montana man sentenced to federal prison for threatening to kill US Sen. Jon Tester

A Montana man has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Jon Tester

The Independent UK

Tracking Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits - and where they stand

Former president faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia which could land him in prison. Josh Marcus explains each one

Salon

Trump faces humiliation at Fulton jail

"This is not a federal prison of white-collar criminals here," Georgia lawyer warns

The Hindu

Thirumavalavan appeals for releasing 37 Muslims lodged in Tamil Nadu’s prisons for over 25 years

Thol. Thirumavalavan appeals to TN govt. to release 37 Muslim life convicts in prisons for 25+ yrs. Justice N. Authinathan's recommendations in favour of release. 700 life convicts released on humanitarian grounds. AIADMK passed resolution in favour of release. Majority of 37 convicts in Coimbatore bomb blasts & communal clashes…

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