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Sir Keir Starmer has backed the courts over Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence, stating that he is “against incitement of violence to other people”.

What Lucy Connolly tweeted and deleted on July 29 2024 is indefensible. She called for migrants’ temporary accommodation to be set on fire with them inside. The next day, far-Right mobs went on to set fire to the hotels where asylum seekers lived. She pleaded guilty, and admitted she had…

Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted of killing their parents in 1989, have been resentenced and are now eligible for parole after serving 35 years in prison.

'Peaky Blinders' actor Cillian Murphy and former James Bond star Daniel Craig are in talks for Damien Chazelle's next as-yet untitled movie, which is expected to be set in a prison.

Rock musician Seksan Sookpimay, known as

A prisoner swap for Australian Oscar Jenkins became more complicated after Russia sentenced him on criminal charges, removing him from a POW deal with Ukraine.

The Justice Secretary told The Times the current state of prisons is a ‘horrible reality’.

A new Cato Institute study by David Bier presents the most extensive available evidence on these points.