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Podcaster faces prison after being convicted of stirring up racial hatred

James Allchurch, from Pembrokeshire, also known by the alias Sven Longshanks, hosted and produced Radio Aryan.

The Independent UK

Moscow prison for US reporter was used in Stalin's purges

Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times

The Independent UK

Boris Becker: I used all my strength just to survive the day in prison

The Wimbledon champion features in a docuseries, about the ups and downs of his career, on Apple TV+.

The Independent UK

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New 'Dungeons & Dragons' movie rolls the dice for Hollywood franchise redemption

LOS ANGELES — "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" begins with actor Chris Pine begging for a second chance. His character, a lute-playing bard condemned to a tundra prison for "grand larceny and skullduggery," stands before a clemency council, promising his jailers he's reformed.

Los Angeles Times

U.S. Capitol rioter the 'QAnon Shaman' is released early from federal prison

Jacob Chansley recieved one of the longest sentences handed down to a U.S. Capitol rioter. He has been freed from prison and sent to a reentry center until late May.

WEKU

How Oscar Pistorius went from Olympic and Paralympic icon to world's most famous murderer

Oscar Pistorius, who has served half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, once inspired millions but is now behind bars

Daily Mirror

Man sentenced to life term seeks new trial because of missing Dallas police evidence

DALLAS — Attorneys are pushing for a new capital murder trial for a man sentenced to life in prison after they learned his case was among those reviewed for missing Dallas police evidence. This is the second known plea for a court to rehear a case — indicating such legal…

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'Blade Runner' Pistorius denied parole

PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers and authorities said.

Bangkok Post

Oscar Pistorius denied parole after serving eight years in prison for killing Reeva Steenkamp

The parole board finds Pistorius has not completed the minimum detention period, as the Steenkamp family say they feel a "huge sense of relief".

ABC News

Who’s who in the Trump hush-money investigation

A look at the key figures at the centre of former US President Donald Trump’s New York criminal case.

Al Jazeera

The strange tale of prisoner Charles Bronson and the man who spent years pretending to be his son

George Bamby came clean on TV last night after several years faking it as the notorious inmate's long lost offspring

Wales Online

Oscar Pistorius denied parole from prison decade after murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Former Paralympic runner applied to be freed in defiance of wishes of victim’s family

The Independent UK

Oscar Pistorius to remain in jail as parole is denied

Pistorius was convicted of murder for the Valentine's Day 2013 shooting of Ms Steenkamp

Wales Online

Police seek man released from prison by mistake two days after sentencing

Rayon Newby, 20, from east London, had been sentenced to more than three months on March 15 for assault, harassment and burglary.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Hunt for prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released by mistake

Rayon Newby, 20, was being held at HMP Thameside in Greenwich and was serving a sentence for assault, harassment and burglary offences

Reason

Public Sector Unions Are Trampling Our Public Services

Teachers unions, police unions, and prison guard unions have inordinate control over public policy, and California is suffering the consequences.

The Independent UK

Who is Charles Bronson? Life and crimes of one of UK’s longest serving prisoners

Charles Bronson has been dubbed one of Britain’s most violent offenders

Reuters

Replica of Kremlin critic Navalny's cell on display at Dutch exhibit

A replica of the two-by-three-metre prison cell holding Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on display in the Netherlands on Friday as part of an exhibit entitled "Silenced" about political prisoners through the centuries.

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Oscar Pistorius pleads with South Africa parole board to set him free

Former South Africa Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board to release him

The New Daily

Penny Wong voices ‘concern’ about US reporter’s Moscow arrest on spy charges

The White House has branded as absurd espionage charges against a Wall Street Journal reporter now being held in one of Russia's most infamous prisons.

The Independent UK

Police appeal to find prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released ‘by mistake’

Rayon Newby, 20, was released from HMP Thameside on Friday 17 March before completing his sentence for assault, harassment and burglary

Evening Standard

Who is Evan Gershkovich, the US reporter imprisoned in Russia?

The Wall Street Journal reporter could face up to 20 years in prison after the FSB accused him of ‘collecting classified information’

Daily Mirror

Oscar Pistorius seeks release from jail TODAY as Reeva Steenkamp's parents oppose parole

Speaking from outside the prison holding parole hearing for former South Africa paralympian, June Steenkamp, said to reporters: "It is going to be very hard to be in the same room as him. We don't believe his story"

The Independent UK

Oscar Pistorius could be freed from prison by parole board decade after murdering girlfriend

Former Paralympic runner has applied for parole 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Liverpool Echo

Charles Bronson rings mum to say 'I'm not coming out' after failed bid for freedom

Bronson was given a letter notifying him of the parole's decision

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