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R. Kelly sentenced to an additional year in federal prison, and 19 concurrent years in his Chicago case

CHICAGO — A dramatic legal saga that began in a Cook County courtroom 20 years ago drew to a close in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday as disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to an additional year in prison on his conviction here.

Chicago Tribune

Ex-SNP MP Natalie McGarry loses appeal over embezzlement conviction

A FORMER SNP MP who was jailed for embezzling almost £25,000 has lost an appeal over their conviction, but had their prison term cut to 20 months.

The National (Scotland)

Prison officer who smuggled class A drugs into jail handed six-year stretch behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into the prison where she worked

Wales Online

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Prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail sentenced to six years behind bars

Heather McKenzie, 31, ferried cocaine and mobile phones into HMP Shotts in North Lanarkshire.

The Independent UK

The real case behind Boston Strangler, Hulu’s new Keira Knightly serial killer film

Here’s the true story behind Ridley Scott’s new thriller

Evening Standard

New Illinois law gives additional hope to youngest felons facing life in prison

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nelson Morris was only 17 when he was arrested for a double murder that eventually doomed him to spend the rest of his life in prison, with no chance of parole.

Chicago Tribune

Edinburgh photos of forgotten shops show how different life was 50 years ago

From brush shops, prison cells, public toilets and laundrettes, photographs by a Scottish photographer shows how much times have changed over the last 50 years.

Edinburgh Live

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'Most people would run away from them - we try to run towards them': The probation officers working with Wales' offenders

They try to help people who break the law change their lives, while protecting the public from harm, and are always thinking about risk

Wales Online

Bid to seize fugitive cage fighter's ill-gotten gains from drug ring while he's on the run

Darren Towler was sentenced to 24 years in prison for running a cocaine operation in his absence

Chronicle Live

Scots prison officer who befriended knife killer jailed for smuggling drugs behind bars

Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison, in Lanarkshire, but was rumbled after jail chiefs became suspicious about the level of drugs found in cells.

Daily Record

Harvey Weinstein facing extra 24 years in jail as he's sentenced for rape and sex assault

Harvey Weinstein is being sentenced today in Los Angeles, and could face up to 24 years in prison for his crimes against women.

Daily Mirror

Red and blue states look to Medicaid to improve the health of people leaving prison

People leaving jail or prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.

WEKU

A timeline of dissident republican activity

Dissident activity in Northern Ireland over the last 15 years has included the killings of two police officers, two soldiers and two prison officers.

The Independent UK

Killer who yelled 'yahoo' as he hunted down and murdered his friend dies in prison

Peter Grass was handed a life sentence in 2006

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The Independent UK

Weinstein faces a 2nd long sentence in LA rape conviction

Harvey Weinstein could get another long prison term at a Los Angeles court hearing

Liverpool Echo

Thug threatened to kill innocent man's dog and attacked him with a glass bottle

Bradley Wood had only been out of prison for a matter of weeks before he knocked the victim's tooth out and bit him

Axios

Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted officer and threatened AOC sentenced to over 3 years in prison

Prosecutors said Texan Garret Miller posted in reply to a tweet by Ocasio-Cortez: "Assassinate AOC."

The Independent UK

Could R. Kelly spend the rest of his life in prison?

R. Kelly wouldn’t be eligible for release until 2066, a year shy of his 100th birthday, if a federal judge accepts prosecutors’ recommendations at his upcoming sentencing hearing

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Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly sentencing: Federal judge could add to singer’s prison time Thursday

Kelly is already serving a 30-year sentence for a federal racketeering conviction in New York. So the crucial question Thursday will be whether U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber feels the need to punish Kelly further.

WEKU

Rapper Nipsey Hussle's killer is sentenced to 60 years to life in prison

Eric R. Holder Jr. will likely remain in jail for the rest of his life for the murder of Nipsey Hussle, a beloved figure in south LA who was killed in 2019 outside his clothing store.

The Independent UK

Court: News outlets didn't defame ex-coal CEO Blankenship

An appeals court has ruled that Fox News, CNN and other news outlets didn’t defame former coal executive Don Blankenship when they referred to him as a “felon."

The Independent UK

Woman gets 4+ years in jail for harming college schoolmates

A New York woman who admitted her role in an ex-convict’s decade-long plot to extort and sexually manipulate schoolmates of his daughter at Sarah Lawrence College has been sentenced to over four years in prison

Los Angeles Times

Crips gang member gets 60 years in prison for murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle

LOS ANGELES — A Crips gang member was sentenced to at least 60 years in prison Wednesday for killing beloved rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store in 2019.

The Independent UK

Sarah Lawrence sex cult member sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

Isabella Pollok was both a victim and ‘lieutenant’ of cult mastermind Larry Ray’s reign of terror over students at the elite New York liberal arts college

Chicago Sun-Times

Nipsey Hussle’s killer sentenced to 60 years to life in prison

A superior court judge handed down the sentence to Eric R. Holder Jr., 33, who was found guilty of the 2019 first-degree murder of the 33-year-old Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist.

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