Red Bank driver accused in Lakewood double fatal crash stays jailed
Red Bank man to remain jailed on manslaughter and homicide charges after deadly Lakewood crash TOMS RIVER, NJ – A 43-year-old Red Bank man charged in a July crash that killed two…
Families of jailed Cuban protesters file petition for their freedom
HAVANA (Reuters) – Family members of 34 prisoners in Cuba who were jailed following anti-government protests in July 2021 have filed a petition with lawmakers seeking an amnesty for their loved ones.…
Navy Soldier Jailed By Japan Released After Nearly 18 Months
Navy Soldier Jailed By Japan Released After Nearly 18 Months Mary Lou Masters on January 12, 2024 A Navy soldier who was imprisoned by Japan after being involved in a fatal car…
Jailed former Thai PM Thaksin gets extension to hospital stint
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s jailed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been allowed to remain in hospital for medical treatment, the corrections department said on Thursday, citing the need to continue to…
Trump, in Iowa, demands release of those jailed for 2021 Capitol attack
By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant CLINTON, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed his role in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that…
Mother of jailed Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman dies -local media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The elderly mother of convicted Mexican crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has died after spending the last couple weeks in a private clinic, local media reported on…
Jailed Russian nationalist Girkin warns of ‘sham’ presidential election
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Pro-war Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who is in custody awaiting trial for inciting extremism, said on Sunday he wanted to run for president even though he understood…
Wife of jailed dissident Kara-Murza fears for his life in Siberian penal colony
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -The wife of jailed Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, who suffers from a nerve disorder after surviving two poison attacks, said on Wednesday she feared for his…
Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals
(Reuters) – The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since…
U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed reporter Gershkovich
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a Moscow prison on Friday, the embassy said, as he prepares for a new appeal next week…
China publishes backstory of US ‘spy’ jailed for life
By Martin Quin Pollard and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top spy agency published new details this week about a U.S. citizen jailed for life for espionage earlier this year, describing…
Iranian man, four Iraqis jailed for life for killing US citizen in Baghdad –court sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -An Iranian man and four Iraqis were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for killing U.S. citizen Stephen Troell in Baghdad last year, two legal sources said. Troell was…
White House: video of jailed US citizen Paul Whelan is ‘reassuring’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday said it was reassuring to see video footage of U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a former marine jailed in Russia over what the U.S. calls…
Jailed US citizen Paul Whelan seen in rare video at Russian penal colony
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a former marine jailed in Russia over espionage charges that the United States says are bogus, was seen in a rare video…
Woman who mailed ricin to Trump in 2020 jailed for 22 years
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman was sentenced to about 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin, in September 2020, to then-President Donald Trump…
Jailed US resident excluded from Iran hostage deal begins hunger strike, his son says
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. permanent resident detained in Iran since 2016 has begun a hunger strike in protest of his exclusion from last week’s deal…
Jailed Russian opposition politician Navalny gets 19 more years in prison, says his team
MELEKHOVO, Russia (Reuters) -Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was sentenced on Friday to an additional 19 years in prison after being found guilty on a series of new charges, Navalny’s supporters…
Factbox-What are Russia’s new charges against jailed Putin foe Navalny?
(Reuters) – Russian state prosecutors have asked a court to sentence jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to a further 20 years in a penal colony on various criminal charges including extremism, with…
Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed pending his October fraud trial over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded because he is trying to…
Venezuelan diplomat jailed in Kenya for 20 years for envoy’s murder
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her…
Smuggler jailed for 15 years for California crash that killed 13 migrants
(Reuters) – A Mexican national who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 migrants in a 2021 highway crash near the Mexico-California border was sentenced to 15 years…
Prominent Trans Activist Jailed For Murdering Entire Family: ‘Most Depraved Crime I Ever Handled’
Prominent Trans Activist Jailed For Murdering Entire Family: ‘Most Depraved Crime I Ever Handled’ Laurel Duggan on June 15, 2023 Dana Rivers, a longtime transgender activist, was sentenced to life in prison…
British teen jailed over ‘imminent’ terrorism plot
LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager who detectives believe may have been just hours away from launching an attack on police or soldiers, was on Friday sentenced to a minimum of six…
Jailed Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza faces ‘psychological torture’, wife says
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, said authorities were torturing him psychologically by denying him calls with his children while he serves…
New Jersey county settles US claims over treatment of jailed inmates following suicides
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A New Jersey county on Wednesday agreed to a consent decree with the U.S. government to improve treatment of inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems…
Activist jailed for 7 years in Russia for “justifying terrorism”
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian-born activist was jailed for seven years by a Russian court on Wednesday for “justifying terrorism”, according to a Telegram channel petitioning for his release.Mikhail Krieger, 63, was arrested…
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