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As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it

With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed

The Guardian - US

Former Theranos executive sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the right-hand man and ex-boyfriend of company founder Elizabeth Holmes, is planning to appeal an almost 13-year prison sentence for fraud. Prosecutors argued he played an essential role in defrauding investors of $900 million. Theranos falsely claimed it could run blood tests with a single prick of…

France 24

Best podcasts of the week: Nelson Mandela on prison and politics in his own, never-before-heard words

In this week’s newsletter: Over the course of 60 hours of interviews from 1993, the revolutionary leader opens up in Mandela: The Lost Tapes. Plus: five of the best podcasts with massive archives

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COUNTERPOINT: Immigration detention system is driven by profits

President Joe Biden vowed to end the federal government’s use of private prisons on the campaign trail. His campaign platform further stated that “the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants.” And in 2021, Biden stepped into office continuing to promise that…

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Bali bomber’s release after just 10 years in prison sparks anger among families of the 202 victims

Indonesia says Umar Patek has been deradicalised and successfully reformed in prison

The Independent UK

ITV Emmerdale confirms Boxing Day flashback to nineties for Cain, Chas and Caleb with three 'new' faces

It has already been revealed that viewers will meet Caleb Miligan this festive season as he tries to get answers from brother Cain Dingle

Manchester Evening News

Elizabeth Holmes’ ex Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani gets nearly 13 years in Theranos case

The former partner of infamous fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his part in a huge multimillion-dollar scheme involving fake blood testing kits

Daily Mirror

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Australia wants Indonesia to monitor released bombmaker

Australia’s government says it is seeking assurances from Indonesia that the man convicted of making the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks would continue to be monitored after his release from prison

The Independent UK

'Justice for Adam White': 75,000 people sign petition for dad jailed for chasing two would-be burglars

Adam White chased after two career criminals after they attempted to break into his house, but he crashed his car and injured the pair, which saw him serve prison time

Wales Online

Incestuous rapist jailed for max 14 years

A serial sexual predator who "tore apart" generations of his family through destructive abuse has been sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison.

AAP

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

WEKU

Bali bomb maker Umar Patek released from Indonesian prison

Patek was jailed 10 years ago over role in 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 people

The Guardian - UK

Theranos’s Balwani gets nearly 13 years over blood-testing hoax

Former chief operating officer of blood-testing startup was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud in July.

Al Jazeera

Why 14 inmates have died in Atlanta jails this year, four times more than last year

Deaths amid debate about future of Altanta jail system and diversion programmes

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Suspects in plot to shoot up NYC synagogue conferred with state prison inmate, prosecutors say

NEW YORK — The wannabe Nazis who planned to shoot up a synagogue in New York City plotted with two other people, including a state prison inmate whom they told about their plans to get a gun, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

What’s next for Donald Trump after his company’s guilty verdict in tax fraud case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump wasn’t facing prison time when a Manhattan jury convicted his Trump Organization this week in a tax fraud scheme that stretched back more than 15 years.

AAP

NSW prison officer to face murder retrial

A NSW prison officer accused of murdering an inmate trying to escape will face a second trial after jury failed to reach a verdict

Daily Mirror

Emmerdale's Cain makes secret contact with mystery character ahead of sibling's arrival

Cain Dingle makes secret contact with a mystery person on Emmerdale next week, ahead of the arrival of his long lost sibling - but who wants to get in contact with Cain?

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Ex-Theranos President Balwani gets 13-year prison term in fraud case

Former Theranos Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding investors and patients of Theranos Inc., the blood-testing startup he ran alongside its founder and chief executive officer Elizabeth Holmes.

Reuters

Sporadic progress in Russia-U.S.talks on prisoner swap, diplomat says

Talks between Russia and the United States on securing an exchange of high-profile prisoners are making only sporadic progress, a top Russian diplomat said in comments published on Thursday.

The Guardian - US

Ex-Theranos executive Sunny Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison

Term slightly longer than one given to Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors in now-defunct blood testing firm

The Independent UK

Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison

Judge Edward Davila described Sunny Balwani and Elizabeth Holmes as ‘co-leaders’ in a scheme to defraud Theranos investors

WEKU

DOJ watchdog finds missteps by prison officials ahead of Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.

Reuters

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

Tribune News Service

Bureaucratic incompetence among federal prison officials led to mob boss Whitey Bulger’s beating death in 2018, IG report says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Justice Department’s inspector general has concluded that it wasn’t “malicious intent,” but rather “bureaucratic incompetence” that was responsible for mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s brutal beating death when prison officials transferred him to a violent West Virginia prison and housed him with rival gangsters in 2018.

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