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Husband who murdered British wife Caroline Crouch 'sent love letters by infatuated women'

Helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, murdered British-born Caroline Crouch, 19, at their home in Greece before attempting to make it look like a robbery gone wrong

Daily Mirror

Singer R. Kelly moved to North Carolina prison from Chicago

Federal prison officials say singer R. Kelly has been moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security facility in North Carolina

The Independent UK

Blasphemy Conviction for Displaying Rainbow Virgin Mary at "Equality March" in Poland

Notes from Poland (Daniel Tilles) reports: A court has found two women guilty of offending religious feelings – a crime in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to two years – for displaying an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbow haloes during an LGBT march.…

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Stephen A. Smith Stands By Criticism of Kawhi Leonard Despite Troubling Family News

The ESPN personality ripped the Clippers star the same day the player’s sister was sentenced to life in prison.

Sports Illustrated

The Mancunian Way: Who runs the wings?

MP calls for prison to be brought into state control PLUS The ‘warming stripes’ that show how dramatically temperatures have risen

Manchester Evening News

What could change at MoJ now that Dominic Raab has left?

Some of former justice minister’s pet projects could be dropped now that Alex Chalk is in charge

The Guardian - UK

Smitten guard 'murdered by inmate lover' after daring escape 'should've seen his tricks'

A forensic expert has spoken out about the escape of Casey White, who faces felony murder after his prison guard lover Vicky White (no relation) died after helping him escape from the jail where she worked

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County Durham father and son sentenced after illegal firearms discovered in family home

Paul Anthony Glynn was handed a 19-year prison sentence while his son Joseph Wilfred Glynn received an 18-month sentence suspended for two years and 100 hours community service

Chronicle Live

West End killer’s 45-month prison sentence ‘an insult’, says victim’s sister

Rachel Mason is campaigning for a review of the prison sentence handed to Steven Allan after he killed her brother in an unprovoked attack in the West End

Evening Standard

Former US police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright released

Kim Potter, Minnesota officer who mistook gun for Taser and killed Wright in 2021, is freed after 16 months in prison.

Al Jazeera

Gateshead gran avoids prison after sentencing for Insulate Britain stunt where she glued herself to the road

Helen Redfern had been told to expect jail time, but Judge Silas Reid took into account her caring responsibilities and handed down a suspended sentence instead

Chronicle Live

Former Kazakh security boss jailed for 18 years over role in attempted coup

A court in Kazakhstan on Monday sentenced the former head of the country's state security body to 18 years in prison over his role in violent unrest and an attempted coup that took place in January 2022.

Reuters

'Fat' Freddie Thompson pens funeral tribute to his late mother: 'You're the best mother in the world'

Gangland killer Freddie Thompson watched his mother’s funeral from prison – after he was refused permission to attend it in person

Irish Mirror

Killer should have been in psychiatric hospital before death in prison – family

Damian Rzeszowki was found hanging in his cell seven years after killing six people.

The Independent UK

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Texas Observer

Prison Journalist Shows Why We Need a Free Press—Even Behind Bars

Jason Walker has been reporting from inside his cell at great risk to his personal safety.

France 24

Former correspondents in Russia call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on March 29 and remains behind bars. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of spying. Some 300 former correspondents in Russia, from 22 different countries, have written an open letter to the Kremlin in English…

The Independent UK

Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright freed

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday

The Independent UK

Kim Potter, who fatally shot Daunte Wright, freed from prison at 4am amid fears for her safety

The white Brooklyn Center police officer was sentenced to two years in prison for fatally shooting Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, when she mistook her gun for a Taser during a traffic stop

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Daily Mirror

Kim Potter: Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright thinking her gun was Taser freed

Minnesota police officer Kim Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright in 2021 when she mistakenly thought her gun was a Taser - she has been released from prison after just 16 months

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Whistleblower or traitor? How to think about Jack Teixeira and the Pentagon leaks

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

Glasgow Live

Murderer films violent rap TikTok video with other prisoners inside HMP Shotts

Byron Cooper is one of the five inmates at the Lanarkshire jail who took part in the two-minute TikTok video, which includes violent lyrics. Cooper was jailed for life for murdering a retired Merchant Navy officer when he was 16.

Daily Record

Scots teen killer raps about gangland hitman in TikTok video filmed behind bars

Byron Cooper, who murdered a widow when he was 16, is among those performing a song in the clip which is said to be about jailed gunman James McDonald.

Manchester Evening News

Prisoners 'running the wings', 'inmates off their t*ts', staff who have 'lost control' - the jail that's had £1bn of public money

An M.E.N. investigation has revealed claims of 'a dangerous jail where cost cutting managers have lost control'

France 24

Last remaining voices of the Russian opposition are being silenced amid war in Ukraine

Voices raised against the Kremlin are increasingly being silenced as Russia this week handed jail sentences to two prominent opponents of the current regime: Russian-British national Vladimir Kara-Murza was handed a 25-year prison sentence on Monday and a Moscow court on Wednesday dismissed Ilya Yashin’s appeal.

Reuters

Peru's Toledo returns home to join two other former heads of state in jail

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo returned on Sunday to Peru from the United States, becoming the third head of state to be imprisoned as the South American country seeks to shake off years of corruption by its rulers.

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