Ballerina Imprisoned

Husband allegedly killed by ex-ballerina had ‘angry side’, say fellow ballerinas

Podcast episode talks about conviction of Ashley Benefield, who says she was defending herself from domestic violence. Two of Ashley Benefield’s fellow ballerinas have opened up about seeing her ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Belarus adds 1 year to imprisoned opposition activist's sentence

A court in Belarus has sentenced an imprisoned opponent of hardline President Alexander Lukashenko to an additional year behind bars for disobeying prison officials

World - ABC News - October 15

Trump compares imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters to Japanese Americans during WWII

Former President Trump on Friday alleged nobody had been treated worse than those imprisoned for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, other than Japanese Americans who were put in internment camps ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Supreme Court won’t revive Cohen's Trump lawsuit claiming retaliatory imprisonment

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing that Cohen said was retaliation for writing a tell-all ...

A hard-line Turkish politician suggests parole for an imprisoned Kurdish leader

The leader of Turkey’s far-right nationalist party that’s allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the possibility Tuesday that the imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group could be ...

World - ABC News - October 22

Pakistani court grants bail to the wife of imprisoned ex-Premier Khan

A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has granted bail to the wife of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case

World - ABC News - October 23

Appeals court upholds freeing of woman wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years

A Missouri appellate court ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing her lawyers argue was ...

Wife of Pakistan's imprisoned former premier Imran Khan freed on bail

The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, a day after a court granted her bail in a ...

World - ABC News - October 24

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues

Activists say Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick

World - ABC News - October 27

Ex-DJ imprisoned for life for murdering partner’s mother in drunken knife attack

Damian Homer stabbed Wendy Francis, 61, twice in the chest after she tried to help her daughter during the attack . A lorry driver and ex-DJ who stabbed his partner’s mother to death in a drunken ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Imprisoned Belarus activist who was a symbol of defiance hasn't been heard from for months

The last time any of Maria Kolesnikova’s family had contact with the imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist was more than 18 months ago

World - ABC News - October 15

Paul Whelan says years-long Russian imprisonment "did play with my mind"

In his first sit-down interview since his release from Russia, Paul Whelan said being left behind twice in prisoner swaps played with his mind.

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison

A group campaigning for Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have issued an additional six-month prison sentence against her

World - ABC News - October 25

Erdogan tacitly supports ally's proposal for leniency toward imprisoned Kurdish militant leader

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seemed to give his implicit support on Tuesday for an unprecedented proposal by his nationalist ally that could lead to leniency for Abdullah Ocalan, the ...

World - ABC News - October 29

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