Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly 5 years in prison

A court in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok has convicted a former U.S. Consulate worker charged with cooperating with a foreign state and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison

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Russia sentences former long-time U.S. Consulate worker to prison

A Russian court found long-time U.S. Consulate employee Robert Shonov guilty of "gathering information" on the Ukraine war and sharing it with a foreign nation.

World - CBS News - 15 minutes ago

José Rubén Zamora Will Leave Prison After Nearly Two Years

The case against José Rubén Zamora became a sign of crumbling democracy in Guatemala and a symbol of threats against press freedom across Latin America.

World - The New York Times - October 20

Man who threatened Fani Willis gets nearly 2 years in prison

He made threatening phone calls just over a week before former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted in Fulton County in August 2023.

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison

World - ABC News - October 15

'Penguin Bandit' who robbed multiple banks sentenced to 13 years in prison

A man whom authorities named the “Penguin Bandit” was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison last week for robbing multiple banks in the Denver area.

Ukrainian father-son pair sentenced to 20 years in Belarus prison for terrorism

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Ukrainian father-son pair sentenced to 20 years in Belarus prison for terrorism

A father and son from Ukraine have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each in Belarus after being convicted of preparing terrorist acts

World - ABC News - October 24

'Bob’s Burgers' actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for Jan. 6 role

An actor known for roles in the animated series “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” was sentenced Monday to a year and one day in prison for his connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol ...

Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago

'Bob's Burgers' actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for role in Capitol riot

An actor known for his roles in the television comedies “Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” has been sentenced to one year in prison for his part in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly ...

Entertainment - ABC News - 3 days ago

17-year prison sentence sought for Pentagon secrets leaker

Prosecutors want Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira to serve nearly 17 years in prison for leaking highly classified military documents online about the war in Ukraine, according ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Former officer with East Germany’s secret police sentenced to prison for a border killing in 1974

World - Yahoo News - October 14

Former officer with East Germany’s secret police sentenced to prison for a border killing in 1974

An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin ...

World - ABC News - October 14

Man Who Killed Hundreds of Eagles and Hawks Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison

Travis John Branson was part of a conspiracy that killed 3,600 birds, prosecutors said. He also trafficked and sold bird parts on the black market.

Top stories - The New York Times - 12 hours ago

Russian court convicts French citizen of collecting military information, sentences him to 3 years in prison

World - ABC News - October 14

Mexico ex-drug czar sentenced to more than 38 years in U.S. prison over cartel bribes

Genaro Garcia Luna, who led Mexico’s fight against the country’s violent drug trade, was sentenced to more than 38 years in U.S. prison for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight.

Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

A court in Uganda has sentenced a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

'Bob's Burgers' actor Jay Johnston sentenced to a year in prison for role in Jan. 6

Jay Johnston, an actor known for 'Bob's Burgers' and 'Arrested Development,' gets a year in prison for his part in the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

Judge sentences 2 former cops to 79 and 59 years for the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco

World - ABC News - 16 hours ago

Bob's Burgers actor gets year in prison for US Capitol riots

Jay Johnston, a Hollywood actor, is one of the most high-profile people to be jailed for involvement in the 6 January 2021 riot.

Boston pizzeria owner gets 8.5 years in prison for forced labor of undocumented workers

The owner of a Boston area pizza chain who forced undocumented victims to work for him in grueling conditions, and under violent physical abuse and threats of deportation, has been sentenced to ...

Mexico’s ex-public security chief sentenced to 38-plus years in US for taking cartel bribes

NEW YORK (AP) — The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico’s war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U.S. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16

British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery

A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years

Tech - ABC News - 3 days ago

Ex-Tory Gauke to lead review of prison sentences

Sir Keir Starmer is to appoint former Tory justice secretary to lead a review of prison sentencing.

Woman sentenced over social worker stabbing

Fiyori Kesete attacked the victim without warning, stabbing her in the arms and head.

All 3 Iranian Consulates in Germany ordered shut after execution of Iranian German prisoner

Germany has ordered the closure of all three Iranian Consulates in the country in response to the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was ...

World - ABC News - 23 hours ago

Germany orders 3 Iranian consulates shut in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd

World - ABC News - 23 hours ago

Former US air force pilot cleared of assaulting nine-year-old girl in London

Robert Prussak, who approached girl after she got lost on family holiday, acquitted of kidnapping and sexual assault. A former US air force pilot has been cleared of kidnapping and sexually ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Black transgender woman

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. In February, a jury convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter for the 2019 killing of Dime Doe on all ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

House arrest considered as alternative to jail in bid to ease prisons crisis

Major review of sentencing announced as 1,100 inmates are freed in latest phase of early release scheme

World - Financial Times - October 22

Peru Sentences Ex-Leader Toledo to Prison Over $35 Million Bribe

World - Yahoo News - October 21

Newly freed Steve Bannon says time in prison 'empowered him'

Donald Trump adviser and rightwing podcast host Steve Bannon to be released from prison a week before the election.

Politics - NBC News - 2 days ago

Steve Bannon released from prison after 4-month sentence

Firebrand rightwing influencer Steve Bannon served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from a congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape sentenced to life in prison in state trial

David DePape was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the state trial over the hammer attack against Paul Pelosi.

David DePape sentenced to life in prison for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi

State charges included kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of husband of Nancy Pelosi. The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Man who murdered toddler sentenced to 20 years

Ali Jayden Doyle died from head injuries sustained in a house in Park Avenue in Dungannon in August 2021.

Alexander Rodnyansky: Oscar-nominated producer sentenced to jail in Russia in absentia

The Ukrainian film producer behind Leviathan and Loveless was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison after speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Moscow court has sentenced ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Coinbase’s stock falls nearly 5% as earnings fall short of estimates

Coinbase Global Inc.’s stock fell in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the cryptocurrency exchange’s third-quarter profit and revenue fell short of estimates.

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