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Britain’s youngest female murderer who stabbed stranger and bragged about it ‘makes bid for release’

Sharon Carr was just 12 years old when she stabbed Katie Rackliff, 18, to death as she walked home from a nightclub in Surrey

The Independent UK

Shakira to Face Trial for Tax Fraud in Spain

A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Are Half of All U.S. Exonerations of Black Prisoners?

A new report looks at decades of troubling trends of bad convictions in murder, rape, and drug cases.

Reason

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‘Slavery by any name is wrong’: the push to end forced labor in prisons

A nationwide movement hopes to close the ‘slavery loophole’ that enables the exploitation of 800,000 prisoners in the US

The Guardian - US

Report: Black Americans more likely to be wrongfully convicted

Racial disparities in convictions and exonerations continue despite the recent fanfare surrounding Adnan Syed's release from prison.

Axios

Houghton-le-Spring thief breached FOUR suspended sentences after 'trolley dash' supermarket offence

Charlotte Brown, 40, was given a prison sentence at Durham Crown Court

Chronicle Live

Iran Steps Up Activist, Journalist Arrests in Protest Crackdown

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Toddler watches grandmother die in crash

Truck driver Ellyas Bouras is facing a prison sentence after he ran a red light, striking and killing a Victorian grandmother and injuring her young grandchild.

AAP

Federal court says California ban on private ICE detention facilities is unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — A California law banning private prisons and immigrant detention facilities in the state violates the U.S. Constitution when applied to facilities operated on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Labour vows to give UK citizens abroad legal right to Foreign Office help

Pledge comes after repeated complaints by British prisoners abroad of Foreign Office indifference

The Guardian - UK

School shooter Michael Carneal denied parole by Kentucky board

Michael Carneal killed three students at Heath High School in 1997 and injured five more; he’ll remain in prison

The Independent UK

Kazakh ex-leader's nephew sentenced to 6 years for embezzlement

A Kazakh court on Monday sentenced a nephew of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev to six years in prison for embezzlement, the first verdict against a close relative of the once powerful leader of the oil-rich Central Asian nation.

Reuters

Michael Carneal killed three fellow students in 1997. He’s still hearing voices. Should he get parole?

The Kentucky State Parole Board is about to decide the fate of an inmate who walked into his school 25 years ago, at age 14, and opened fire, killing three and injuring five. He’d be one of the few school shooters to walk free, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Pro-Ukraine British soldiers reveal ‘very scary’ Russian prison ordeal after safe return to UK

Liz Truss had backed Britons volunteering while she was foreign secretary but later withdrew her support

Evening Standard

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The Hindu

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC notice to Centre, TN on Nalini’s plea seeking premature release

Supreme Court had earlier invoked Article 142 to release Perarivalan, who had served over 30 years in prison.

Salon

Judge moves juveniles to Angola prison

Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States

Manchester Evening News

'Bullied' prisoner used as 'spice drug guinea pig' died in jail

"He was bullied by other prisoners because he had built up drug debts," an Ombudsman report found.

Daily Mirror

Zack Estrin dead: Writer-Producer known for Lost In Space dies suddenly aged 51

Zack Estrin has died suddenly in Hermosa Beach aged 51. He was best known for his work behind the scenes on shows such as Prison Break and Lost In Space

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Liverpool Echo

Lawyer's descent into crack cocaine addiction cost him job and wife

"I wish my life hadn't been quite so interesting at times but it has been a ride"

Chronicle Live

Covid restrictions may have hidden animal cruelty offending in North East, charities say

Charities have raised fears that coronavirus restrictions may have hidden much of animal cruelty offending

Glasgow Live

Peter Tobin chained to hospital bed 'frail, weak and at death's door'

The serial killer is suspected of dozens more killings and families have pleaded with him to tell the truth about what happened to their loved ones before it's too late.

Wales Online

The 'entrenched' paedophiles in Wales who repeatedly re-offend

Some continue to breach court orders and offend time and again

The Hindu

Sub-inspector gets life term in lawyer's murder

The convict who was sacked from service has been lodged at Rae Bareli prison

The Canberra Times

Inmates denied open air exercise sue govt for false imprisonment

They include a former gang leader, a detainee who rioted while drunk on "prison brew", and a serial criminal who assaulted a guard after being denied a milkshake.

The Canberra Times

Who was Kathleen Lonsdale?

The Irish-born scientist was a pacifist, prison reformer and crystallographer.

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