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Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion
Benny Tai and Joshua Wong were among dozens sentenced in a controversial national security trial.Top stories - BBC News - November 19 -
Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The international criminal court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail sentence for husband in mass rape trial
Dominique Pelicot, 72, is facing the maximum sentence for rape in a case that has horrified France.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Jailed teenager freed after appealing riot sentence
Dylan Willis, 18, had his 14 month sentence suspended for two years by Court of Appeal judges.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
Man known as 'best smuggler' jailed for 17 years
Amanj Hasan Zada is jailed for running "a sophisticated enterprise" organising small boat crossings.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Man jailed for three years over Snapchat sextortion
Christopher Morrow pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail 16 women into sending him sexual videos.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison
Former Wall Street trader was convicted of fraud and manipulation in scheme that resulted in big losses for banksBusiness - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Is Sentenced to 18 Years
Mr. Hwang was convicted in July for his role in the collapse of his investment firm that caused roughly $10 billion in losses for several Wall Street banks.Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
Former Wall Street investor sentenced to prison over massive fraud
Hwang was found guilty of fraud in a case that cost Wall Street banks billions of dollars in losses.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
45 pro-democracy activists are sentenced in Hong Kong's biggest national security trial
A Hong Kong court sentenced dozens of leading pro-democracy figures to prison under a national security law that critics say has been used to suppress dissent.Top stories - NBC News - November 19 -
The Deadliest Year Inside One of America’s Deadliest Jail Systems
Riverside County, Calif., reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional problems.Top stories - The New York Times - November 1 -
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Moscow doctor accused by patient of criticising war is jailed for five years
Ukraine-born Nadezhda Buyanova was accused of referring to young patient’s late soldier father as ‘legitimate target’. A Russian court has sentenced an elderly Moscow paediatrician to five and a ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Russian doctor jailed for five years over alleged Ukraine war remarks
Nadezhda Buyanova denied making the remarks and called the case absurd.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
PC who sexually assaulted six-year-old girl jailed
Dean Dempster admitted sexually assaulting the child along with making indecent child sex images.Top stories - BBC News - November 13 -
Hong Kong protest bomb plot mastermind is jailed for nearly 24 years
Hong Kong’s high court sentenced a man to almost 24 years in prison over an alleged plot to attack police with explosives during pro-democracy protests in 2019.Top stories - NBC News - November 15 -
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot
Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle, and inviting at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her. French prosecutors have demanded that Dominique Pelicot be jailed for 20 years, ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Russian journalist jailed for 4 years for cooperating with a foreign organization
A court in far eastern Russia sentenced a journalist to four years in prison for cooperating with a foreign organizationWorld - ABC News - Yesterday -
Mother of child hidden in drawer from birth jailed
Prosecutors say the girl had "never known daylight or fresh air" when she was found.Top stories - BBC News - 18 hours ago -
'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 - October 28 -
'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 - October 28 -
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 - October 30 -
Rapper Young Thug sentenced to 15 years of probation in Georgia RICO case
Rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal in Georgia RICO case.Top stories - ABC News - November 1 -
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 prisonWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
"Fat Leonard" sentenced to 15 years in massive Navy bribery case
Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," masterminded an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy.Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
'Fat Leonard,' Navy contractor behind bribery scheme, sentenced to 15 years
Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S.Top stories - NBC News - November 5 -
'Fat Leonard' Francis sentenced to 15 years in massive military bribery scandal
Former Navy contractor Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for his role in ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
764 Terror Network Member Richard Densmore Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
The 47-year-old Michigan man, who pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a child, was highly active in the online criminal network called 764, which the FBI now considers a “tier one” terrorism threat.Tech - Wired - November 7 -
Mexican man gets 39 years for killing girlfriend in Michigan slaying that became campaign issue
A Mexican national who is in the U.S. illegally was sentenced Thursday to 39 years in a Michigan prison for killing his girlfriend, a crime that suddenly was thrust into the U.S. presidential race ...Top stories - NBC News - November 8 -
Vaccine opponent sentenced to 5 years for encouraging terrorism during pandemic
An opponent of vaccines who wrote social media posts urging violence against scientists, politicians and public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to five years in prisonWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Moroccan journalist sentenced to 1.5 years after remarks about politician
A Moroccan journalist who accused a prominent politician of fraud was sentenced prison for defamation on Monday in a case that has sparked international criticism from press freedom advocatesWorld - ABC News - November 11 -
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on federal charges
Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."Top stories - ABC News - November 12 -
Jack Teixeira Sentenced to 15 Years in Leaked Documents Case
The disclosures that Jack Teixeira shared on a social media platform raised questions over how a relatively low-ranking Air National Guardsman had access to some of the country’s most sensitive ...Top stories - The New York Times - November 13 -
Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to Pentagon leaks
Massachusetts air national guard member admitted leaking classified military documents about Ukraine over Discord. A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts air national guard member to ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison
A judge on Tuesday sentenced former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira to 15 years in prison for leaking classified Pentagon documents on social media. The 22-year-old pleaded ...Top stories - CBS News - November 12
