17 h. ago Rock star's career in tatters after being caught making child porn

The popular Michigan-based rock star pleaded guilty in December to exploiting three minors, and he was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday.

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19 h. ago Briton faces threat of extended Saudi prison sentence for tweet

Foreign Office denied access to trial and British lawyer is still not clear what offence Ahmed al-Doush has committedAs Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, prepare to meet in Riyadh on Tuesday to celebrate a “golden age” in trade, a British national will appear in a Riyadh court facing the threat of an extended prison sentence for a tweet. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Menendez brothers one step closer to freedom as judge sets high

Resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez will move forward next week after a series of delays. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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67 h. ago Menendez brothers lawyers to urge judge to remove prosecutors from case

Defense attorneys push for removal of district attorney Nathan Hochman who opposes the brothers’ resentencingAttorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge on Friday that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the brothers’ resentencing case.The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting their entertainment executive father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez. The brothers were 18 and 21 at the time of the killings. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Church volunteer and mom will head to prison for five years after having sex with 13

Natalie Sorrells, 44, of Heath, Texas, was sentenced to five years in prison after sexually assaulting her son’s friend

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2 d. ago Falkirk drug crime: Addiction charity volunteer caught with cannabis worth £92,800

Jack McGuire was sentenced to three years in prison for being concerned in the supply of cannabis.

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3 d. ago Founder of crypto platform Celsius Network is sentenced to 12 years in prison

The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has been sentenced to 12 years in prison

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3 d. ago Husband butchered wife and left her in bin before £23k shopping spree with her credit card

Jack Potter, 72, has been sentenced to 15 years-to-life in state prison for the 2003 murder of his wife, Laurie Diane Potter in California, USA before dumping her legs in a bin

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3 d. ago Awful final photo of autistic boy, 4, tortured to death by dad's girlfriend...as she turns on waterworks in court

The tears of Crystal Stephens, 48, didn't prevent a judge from sentencing her to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the savage murder of little Brandon Steckler Jr.

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4 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Man sentenced to eight years in prison for serious sexual offences

Kyle Kernachan, 28, committed the crimes between 2015 and 2017.

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4 d. ago Falkirk Crime: Man sentenced to prison for violent offences against five women

The 23-year-old has also been issued a non-harassment order in respect of the victims.

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4 d. ago Flavio Briatore's Alpine return, Renault past, prison sentences and F1 ban

New Alpine boss Flavio Briatore has had a colourful life, from living as a fugitive to avoid going to prison, to winning titles with Michael Schumacher to then being banned from F1

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5 d. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing to face longer jail time and loss of prison privileges

Judges will be able punish those who refuse to attend court under ‘long overdue reforms’ following outcry over killers who fail to face victim’s families at sentencing

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5 d. ago Michigan school shooter loses appeal in bid to withdraw guilty plea in 4 deaths

A Michigan court says it won’t accept an appeal from a school shooter who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for killing four students and wounding others

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5 d. ago ‘Loverboy’ lag who 'had romance with two prison workers' caught after going on the run

Gang member Harri Pullen, 27, allegedly had flings with two different female prison staff during the four-year jail sentence he served before going on the run from a hospital

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6 d. ago ‘Love you guys,’ Trump tells pardoned convict Enrique Tarrio at Mar

Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for conspiring with other Proud Boys to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. He was pardoned buy Donald Trump

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7 d. ago Where the stars of Airline are now from prison sentences to secret health battles

From airport drama to personal triumphs and heartbreaks - here's what became of the easyJet heroes who kept us glued to our screens and have re-emerged as icons thanks to TikTok reviving the once famous show

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8 d. ago Emmanuel College admissions official accused of attempting to pay applicant, 17, for sex

The charge of attempted sex trafficking of a minor carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison

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9 d. ago It is safe for me to write this article – and for you to read it. But globally, those rights are under grave threat | Antonio Zappulla

The act of labelling journalists ‘foreign agents’ is deliberately chilling. On World Press Freedom Day, be aware of the peril involved in seeking the truthLast month, Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili approved a new law inflicting criminal charges, including prison sentences and fines, on any organisation or individual who fails to comply with the country’s “foreign influence” bill.The news didn’t trouble the front pages of the international press and went largely unnoticed, but it marks a significant inflection point in the decline of global press freedom. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago DUNCAN FERGUSON I feared being slashed inside Britain's most notorious prison

Everton hero Duncan Ferguson was sentenced to three months at the infamous Barlinnie prison in Glasgow - now he speaks for the first time on his terrifying time inside

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