5 h. ago George Santos says prison sentence was ‘disproportionate’ but ‘large slice of humble pie’

Disgraced former congressman who was meant to serve seven years for fraud and identity lashes out at criticsDisgraced former US congressman George Santos said on Sunday that his prison sentence had been “disproportionate”, but that he had been served “a very large slice of humble pie”, while lashing out at his critics in his first interview since Donald Trump commuted his sentence.Speaking to Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union, Santos said he was “all politicked out”, and called for his former campaign staffer, Sam Miele, to also receive a commutation. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Disgraced George Santos lashes out at prison staff who ‘dehumanized’ him in first statement since Trump pardon

Following his release, the former Republican congressman vowed to focus on ‘prison reform and accountability, ensuring that those in power uphold the dignity and humanity of every person in their care’

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11 h. ago Disgraced George Santos lashes out at prison staff who ‘dehumanized’ him in first statement since Trump clemency

Following his release, the former Republican congressman vowed to focus on ‘prison reform and accountability, ensuring that those in power uphold the dignity and humanity of every person in their care’

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21 h. ago ‘Am I going to heaven, chat?’: SNL’s Trump stops by teen podcast to ramble about No Kings, war and George Santos

SNL lampoons president’s decision to commute the prison sentence of disgraced congressman

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32 h. ago Disgraced George Santos ‘decompressing’ from ‘traumatic’ prison time after being released early by Trump

The 37-year-old former Republican congressman served just 84 days of his more than seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

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42 h. ago US podcaster who helped convict ‘Queen of the Con’ disappointed at short sentence

Johnathan Walton, who was a victim of Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth, had helped UK authorities track her downA US podcaster and author who helped UK authorities convict a woman derisively known as the “Queen of the Con” of defrauding a group of Northern Irish mortgage advice customers has expressed disappointment in her being sentenced on Friday to only four years in prison.“She scams or tries to scam everyone she meets, and she will never change,” Johnathan Walton said in a statement after Marianne “Mair” Smyth’s sentencing closed the books on a transatlantic case against her. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Trump frees George Santos from jail after disgraced GOP rep. swindled thousands from disabled Navy veteran

President Donald Trump on Friday evening said he has commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, releasing the disgraced former Republican congressman immediately.

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51 h. ago Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 peopleDonald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Russia gives long prison sentences to captured volunteer Ukrainian fighters

Their trial took place behind closed doors in a military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don

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67 h. ago Killer executed 300 girls and dug up bodies for 'tea parties' before vanishing

A serial killer who left a trail of destruction in his path disappeared without a trace after serving a short prison sentence and was never found

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3 d. ago Stephen Fry's life from prison sentence to knighthood after 'dreadful' past

The Traitors is back on screens with a new celebrity edition of the hit BBC programme and Sir Stephen Fry is among the 19 celebrities who made their way into Ardross Castle in Scotland

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3 d. ago Murderer shouts 'little tramp' and 'little rat' as he's jailed for life for killing girlfriend

Michael Ormandy, 34, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Rebekah Campbell

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4 d. ago Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983A Pennsylvania man who was recently exonerated after spending more than four decades behind bars has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and faces possible deportation to India.Earlier this month, Centre county’s district attorney dismissed murder charges against 64-year-old Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam. However, shortly after his exoneration, Vedam was detained by Ice based on a 1988 deportation order tied to his now-vacated convictions. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man who murdered his partner in a hot tub sentenced to 25 years in prison

Claire Leveque travelled from Canada to live with her killer and his mother in October 2023, months before she was murdered.

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4 d. ago Evil boyfriend who stabbed woman 26 times in hot tub murder jailed for life

Aren Pearson, 41, has been sentenced to a minimum term of 25 years in prison for murdering Claire Leveque, 24, in Sandness, Shetland, on February 11, 2024

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4 d. ago 'I'm taking the bike, I can do it nice or nastily': Moment pair of bike thieves who trawled Facebook Marketplace for targets launch vicious attack on victim

Bilal Jama, 18, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, while Michael Ogbeide-John, also 18,  received a four-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court yesterday.

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5 d. ago Drink driver mum who was four times limit with toddlers in car is spared jail

Kirsty Jones, 36, was sentenced to 14 weeks in prison, with the sentence suspended for a year, after pleading guilty to all charges

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5 d. ago Moment arsonist threw molotov cocktails at Josh Shapiro’s Pennsylvania home revealed in shocking footage after he pleads guilty

He was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison

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5 d. ago Arsonist who attacked Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s family home pleads guilty to all charges

He was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison

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