14 h. ago Jan 6 rioter who famously stole lectern from Nancy Pelosi announces bid for office in Florida

The rioter, who filed to run on the fifth anniversary of January 6, served a 75-day prison sentence and one year of supervised release after stealing the lectern.

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36 h. ago Nearly 630 drivers dodge jail in last five years despite being found criminally responsible for death crashes

An average of ten a month are given community service orders, suspended sentences or fines instead of being sent to prison for triggering killer car crashes.

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38 h. ago Imprisoned indefinitely for stealing a phone? End this injustice, prime minister

Editorial: The discredited law of open-ended sentencing was abolished as ‘unjust’ 14 years ago, yet it continues to blight lives and overwhelm prisons. Ending IPP injustice for the 2,400 prisoners still denied a release date is not about being soft on crime – it is about upholding justice itself

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46 h. ago Britain’s former top judge tells Starmer: Make things right on cruel indefinite jail terms

Lord Thomas compares scandal to Post Office and infected blood sagas – as he calls on PM to scrap 'unjust' indefinite jail terms highlighted by The Independent

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50 h. ago Mother killed her baby daughter in microwave to cover up affair

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT China Arnold was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of aggravated murder for placing her four-week-old daughter Paris inside a microwave

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64 h. ago Female prison tutor, 36, appears in court accused of having 'intimate relationship' with inmate

Kelly Duffey, 36, is charged with striking up a romantic relationship with Ashley Goodridge, 37, who is currently serving a prison sentence.

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2 d. ago Drivers caught speeding a certain level above the limit in France will get a criminal conviction under new rules

UK drivers would be subject to the French legal system, including a fine of up to £3,250 and the possibility of the immediate confiscation of their car and a three-month prison sentence.

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2 d. ago Fetty Wap released from prison three years early after drug trafficking conviction

Rapper, best known for hits ‘Trap Queen’ and ‘My Way,’ was sentenced to six years in prison in 2023

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3 d. ago Donald Trump says rapper P Diddy has asked him to pardon his prison sentence

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, known in the music industry as P Diddy, was sentenced to 50 months in prison in October after he was found guilty on prostitution-related charges.

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3 d. ago Brazilian president vetoes bill reducing Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejects bill passed by congress as he marks anniversary of 2023 Brasília riotsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has vetoed a bill that would dramatically reduce the prison sentence of the country’s far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of plotting a coup.Lula vetoed the bill, which was passed by congress in December, on the third anniversary of riots by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital, Brasília, over his defeat by Lula in the 2022 general election. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago He had just got out of prison when his 'erratic behaviour' in a beauty salon saw him back before the courts

Raymond John had only just been released from a prison sentence for shoplifting a bottle of tequila and exposing his penis in public

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3 d. ago David Coote's 'shattering' fall from grace as top referee avoids prison

David Coote has been handed a nine-month prison sentence after admitting to possessing an indecent image of a child, with Judge Nirmal Shant describing it as a “spectacular fall from grace”

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3 d. ago Disgraced Premier League referee spared jail over indecent schoolboy video

David Coote trembled in the dock as he was sentenced but he will not go to prison

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3 d. ago Hunt to find attempted murderer who has escaped from prison while serving 23

Kieran Cameron, 43, was reported missing from HMP Thorn Cross, a Category D open prison in Warrington, at 9.20pm on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago David Coote sentencing: Timeline of former Premier League referee's downfall

Former Premier League official David Coote is set to be sentenced after admitting to making an indecent image of a child

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4 d. ago Man who held himself out as Native American activist sentenced to 46 years for serial rapes

A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women, scenes he recorded on video

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4 d. ago High school gunman set to be released from prison as judge OKs resentencing

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison but is set to be released early, prosecutors say

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4 d. ago School shooter who killed two children set to walk free after life sentence quashed

Charles Andrew 'Andy' Williams, 39, was sentenced to 50-years-to-life in prison for the shooting at Santana High School however now the classroom killer could walk free

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4 d. ago Man jailed for selling fatal chemical to encourage suicide in UK

Miles Cross sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling the substance anonymously via online forum to four peopleA man who sold a deadly chemical online to help people kill themselves has been jailed in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK.Miles Cross, 33, pleaded guilty to four counts of intentionally doing an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide and was sentenced at Mold crown court on Wednesday to 14 years in prison. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man jailed for selling chemicals online to assist suicide in UK

Miles Cross sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling the substance to four people via an online suicide forum A man who sold a deadly chemical online to help people kill themselves has been jailed in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK.Miles Cross, 33, pleaded guilty to four counts of intentionally doing an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide and was sentenced at Mold crown court on Wednesday to 14 years in prison. Continue reading...

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