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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term. The move leaves only a handful of high-profile killers who acted out of hate or terrorism facing the federal death penalty -- for …

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Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. While running for president in 2020, Biden's campaign website said he would work to pass legislation …

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9 hours, 28 minutes ago

Australia approves extradition of former US Marine over alleged training of Chinese military pilots

Associated Press

NEWCASTLE, Australia — Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan will be extradited from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese aviators. Australia’s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus approved the extradition on Monday, ending the Boston-born 55-year-old’s nearly two-year attempt to avoid being returned to the U.S. Duggan, who served in the Marines for 12 years …

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10 hours, 56 minutes ago

A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins nearly 80 men under a park pavilion to play poleana, a board game requiring mental dexterity that was born in the city’s prisons nearly a century ago. “But sometimes the dice aren’t lucky.” Playing for freedom Poleana is played on a square wooden box …

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15 hours, 7 minutes ago

Tiruppur jail inmate escapes during power outage

New Indian Express

TIRUPPUR: Tiruppur city police are on the lookout for a 24-year-old remand prisoner who escaped from the district jail in broad daylight on Saturday allegedly when there was a power cut due to which CCTV cameras were not functioning. Following this, a complaint was immediately filed at the Tiruppur North Police Station by prison officials. Preliminary investigations have revealed that …

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Police raid former president Bouterse’s home amid fugitive hunt

NL Times

Police raided the home of former Surinamese president and military leader Desi Bouterse in Leonsberg as part of an operation to enforce his conviction in the December Murders case. Dubbed “Operation Kerstbrood,” the raid was part of a broader effort to locate Bouterse, who has been on the run for nearly a year following his 20-year prison sentence for the …

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21 hours, 21 minutes ago

Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

Associated Press

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multiyear investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of “systemic overdetention” that violates inmates’ rights and costs taxpayers millions of dollars a year. …

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New York’s governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate’s fatal beating

Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York’s governor has ordered more than a dozen prison staffers to be fired over the fatal beating of an inmate earlier this month. Kathy Hochul said in a statement Saturday that she has directed the state’s corrections department commissioner to begin the process of terminating 14 workers involved in the fatal attack at the Marcy Correctional …

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Just Stop Oil protester, 77, is recalled to prison days before Christmas because her wrists are too small for electronic tag

Daily Mail

A 77-year-old Just Stop Oil protester was recalled to prison because her wrists are too small for an electronic tag. Grandmother Gaie Delap, from Bristol, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in August for her part in protests on the M25 in November 2022 Just Stop Oil activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where they were …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for a deadly military checkpoint attack in the northwest

Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly military checkpoint attack in the country’s northwest. The Pakistani Taliban have stepped up their offensive against the military and police since November 2022, when they unilaterally ended a ceasefire with the government after the failure of months of talks, hosted by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers in Kabul. Also …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Is Oscar Pistorius so sick he wanted to find a lookalike?

Daily Mail

Truly, this was a year that began on a high for athlete turned killer Oscar Pistorius. It's an extraordinary twist in a tragic story which – since the horrific day Pistorius shot and killed Reeva at his home nearly 12 years ago – remains firmly fixed in the public imagination. New girlfriend Rita Greyling is a high-flying management consultant and …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Maharashtra passes prison reforms Bill

The Hindu

The Maharashtra Assembly on Friday passed a Bill seeking to reform the prison system in the State. The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024, is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023, sent by the Centre to the States, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the House. The Bill provides for categories of prisons such as special prison, open prison …

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Eight sentenced in France in connection with murder of teacher Samuel Paty

Al Jazeera

Teacher was stabbed and beheaded outside his school in Paris in 2020 after an online hate campaign. The Paris Special Assize Court handed down prison terms ranging from one to 16 years to the defendants, who were convicted of organising a hate campaign that culminated in the beheading of 47-year-old Samuel Paty outside his school in Paris in 2020 by …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

Associated Press

— A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday after Missouri’s governor commuted his sentence to parole. Johnson said in a statement that DeValkenaere had an outstanding record of service, adding: “While we strongly maintain that Eric is completely innocent, even those …

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Karnataka: BJP MLC CT Ravi Walks Out Of Prison On Bail, Says ‘Treated Like Terrorist, Arrested Without Proof’

ABP News

BJP MLC CT Ravi, who was arrested on Thursday for his "derogatory" remarks against minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar, was granted interim bail on Friday by the Karnataka high court. After getting the relief, the BJP leader said he was arrested in a "false" case and that he was treated like a "terrorist". Following the Karnataka HC's order, Ravi's son Swarthak Surya …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria’s Saydnaya prison, dubbed ‘The Slaughterhouse’

Associated Press

SAYDNAYA, Syria — Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors of what has been dubbed “The Slaughterhouse.” A coarse, heavy rope lies on the ground, tied into a hangman’s noose. The setting sun streams through windows as a man walks through the infamous Saydnaya military prison …

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Family of woman murdered by double killer she befriended after he was released from jail say the horror of his betrayal 'never goes away from us'

Daily Mail

Relatives of kindly horsewoman Wendy Buckney told of their struggle to comprehend how she could have been brutally murdered by a man to whom she had shown only kindness. Ann Buckney, 71, told of the impact Whitelock's horrific crime had on their family, saying: 'What he has done has put us in prison mentally and we will never escape this. …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

Delphi murders: Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years for killing Indiana teens in 2017

India Today

Richard Allen, the Indiana man convicted of the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike, was sentenced on Friday to a maximum of 130 years in prison. Allen had faced between 45 years and 130 years in prison in the killings of the Delphi teens. Allen also lived in Delphi and when he was arrested …

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Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

Associated Press

DADEVILLE, Ala. — No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. Best Western, Bama Budweiser and Burger King are among the more than 500 businesses to lease incarcerated workers from one of the most violent, overcrowded and unruly prison systems in the U.S. in the past five years alone, The Associated …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

Associated Press

DADEVILLE, Ala. — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. This August 10, 1909 photo shows convicts engaged in street repair on 24th Street while under the watch of guards in Birmingham, Ala. …

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Teacher who was jailed after row over transgender pupils and refusing to 'call a boy a girl' is 'RELEASED from prison after his punishment is deemed to be having no effect'

Daily Mail

Irish teacher Enoch Burke, who was jailed for a third time in September after he was involved in a transgender row over him refusing to 'call a boy a girl', has reportedly been released from prison after his punishment was deemed to be ineffective. The Evangelical Christian had been jailed for contempt of court in September after defying a High …

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Why 'skinny' Diddy has lost so much weight in jail

Daily Mail

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing a 'bleak' Christmas in a Brooklyn jail and allegedly continues to refuse meals while in lock up as he waits for his criminal trial. In the latest episode of DailyMail.com's podcast 'The Trial of Diddy', prison expert Larry Levine said the 55-year-old music producer continues to refuse meals, according to sources inside the Metropolitan Detention …

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Ram Gopal Varma Questions If Telangana Police Will Go To ‘Heaven’ To Arrest Sridevi Amid Allu Arjun’s Arrest Controversy

ABP News

Amidst the controversy surrounding Allu Arjun's arrest, maverick filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has come out in support of the actor and raised a question on Sridevi, stating that three people died when they came to see the late star during the shoot of “Kshana Kshanam”. ?” He then made a snarky remark towards the Telangana Police and wrote: “3 people …

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'Hot assassin' Luigi Mangione ditches orange jumpsuit for courtroom chic ensemble as prison staff reveal how much fan mail he has received

Daily Mail

Luigi Mangione ditched his orange jumpsuit for a more fashion-forward ensemble when he appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. But when he appeared in a New York City courtroom to face murder charges for the December 4 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Mangione was seen wearing 'a white button-down shirt, navy three-quarter zip pullover and khaki pants,' …

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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Australia approves extradition of former US Marine over alleged training of Chinese military pilots

A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life

Tiruppur jail inmate escapes during power outage

Police raid former president Bouterse’s home amid fugitive hunt

Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

New York’s governor orders firing of prison staffers involved in inmate’s fatal beating

Just Stop Oil protester, 77, is recalled to prison days before Christmas because her wrists are too small for electronic tag

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for a deadly military checkpoint attack in the northwest

Is Oscar Pistorius so sick he wanted to find a lookalike?

Maharashtra passes prison reforms Bill

Eight sentenced in France in connection with murder of teacher Samuel Paty

Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

Karnataka: BJP MLC CT Ravi Walks Out Of Prison On Bail, Says ‘Treated Like Terrorist, Arrested Without Proof’

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria’s Saydnaya prison, dubbed ‘The Slaughterhouse’

Family of woman murdered by double killer she befriended after he was released from jail say the horror of his betrayal 'never goes away from us'

Delphi murders: Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years for killing Indiana teens in 2017

Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

Teacher who was jailed after row over transgender pupils and refusing to 'call a boy a girl' is 'RELEASED from prison after his punishment is deemed to be having no effect'

Why 'skinny' Diddy has lost so much weight in jail

Ram Gopal Varma Questions If Telangana Police Will Go To ‘Heaven’ To Arrest Sridevi Amid Allu Arjun’s Arrest Controversy

'Hot assassin' Luigi Mangione ditches orange jumpsuit for courtroom chic ensemble as prison staff reveal how much fan mail he has received