57 h. ago Killer left unmonitored for two months after release from prison, investigation reveals

Serco has repeatedly come under fire for delays in fitting offenders with tags since it took over the Ministry of Justice’s tagging contract in 2023

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4 d. ago Judge allows resentencing hearing for Menedez brothers to continue

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of parents’ murders at Beverly Hills home in 1989A judge has decided the resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents, can continue despite a new Los Angeles district attorney opposing their release after 30 years behind bars.The brothers appeared in court over Zoom on Friday for the proceedings. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Judge allows resentencing hearings for Menedez brothers to continue

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of parents’ murders at Beverly Hills home in 1989A judge has decided the resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents, can continue despite a new Los Angeles district attorney opposing their release after 30 years behind bars.The brothers appeared in court over Zoom on Friday for the proceedings. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later

The U.S. Marshals Service says they caught a convicted killer who'd been mistakenly released by a jail in Georgia two weeks ago

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5 d. ago Judge will decide whether to proceed with Menendez brothers resentencing hearing

A judge is set to decide whether to proceed with the resentencing hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez in light of the Los Angeles County district attorney opposing their release

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5 d. ago Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren released on $1 million bond after being shot by police

The 51-year-old author has now been released from police custody

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5 d. ago Jail workers who ‘weren’t paying attention’ let a man who murdered his girlfriend free. He’s been on the run for weeks

The murder victim’s mother says she’s ‘petrified’ for her life now that Guzman is on the run

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5 d. ago US ballerina Ksenia Karelina is freed from Russian jail hell in prisoner swap months after she was sentenced to 12 years in penal colony for high treason

Russia has today released American ballerina Ksenia Karelina from her jail hell in an early morning prisoner swap between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's respective intelligence agencies

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6 d. ago FBI profiler who helped catch Ted Bundy says Menendez brothers have 'paid the price' for killing their abusive parents and should be freed

Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for killing their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989 have 'paid the price' for their crime, Professor Ann Burgess told FEMAIL.

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7 d. ago Dozens of Scots prisoners released early broke rules in jail

"Scots will be furious to learn that inmates who wilfully broke prison rules are being freed by the SNP after serving less than half of their sentence."

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7 d. ago Lyle and Erik Menendez have 'shared purpose' for future if released from jail

US brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than 30 years in prison for killing their parents at their Beverly Hills home, have told of their plans if they are released

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1 week ago Rapist who posed as Vogue photographer to snare victims is arrested on suspicion of drugging and sexually assaulting a tourist after early release from UK jail

Fabio Moniz was jailed for life in September 2013 and ordered to serve a minimum of nine years for raping two women he poisoned with GHB after targeting them at West End nightclubs.

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2 w. ago European country's paedophiles could be chemically castrated for early jail release

The procedure is already used in 12 European countries, and is voluntary. It is set to be introduced in a desperate bid to stop reoffending and abuse against children

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2 w. ago Wife killer Nat Fraser to be released from jail this week for his mum’s funeral

The Sunday Mail can reveal the killer is expected to be escorted from West ­Lothian’s HMP Addiewell to the funeral on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Gangster released hostages after his mum in dressing gown hit him over head with her bag

Criminal, Amos Atkinson took 30 people hostage at an Italian restaurant demanding the jail release of notorious ganger, Mark 'Chopper' Read - until his mum - in her dressing gown - gave him what for

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2 w. ago Islamist extremist who gloated that Lee Rigby's murder was 'absolutely brilliant' is sent back to jail over takeaway fraud days after his release

Royal Barnes, 34, was sent to prison in 2014 after he was filmed by his wife, Rebekah Dawson, laughing hysterically as he drove past the scene of Lee Rigby's murder in Woolwich, east London .

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2 w. ago Man guilty of knife attack on day he was let out of jail on early release scheme

The Ministry of Justice has vowed to investigate the case fully.

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3 w. ago Abu Hamza told he will rot in jail after US court bid for hate preacher release rejected

The ex-Soho stripper bouncer, who was caught by warders indoctrinating jihad into his young granddaughter, insisted he be released immediately on compassionate grounds after submitting hundreds of pages of complaints as to why

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3 w. ago Family of Menendez brothers wave off prosecutor criticism and lead rally for their release

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear

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3 w. ago 'Deadpool Killer' Wade Wilson's dramatic jail transformation after swooning female fan base begged for his release

The 30-year-old slaughtered two Florida women during an hours-long crime spree on the same night in October 2019 in Cape Coral.

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