Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence and has assets seized
Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’An Iranian court has handed the awar...
Man serving life sentence for murder escapes Tennessee prison, slipping through fence, officials say
Security footage shows Jacob Morley escaping in his prison uniform, investigators describeSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailTennessee a...
Chris Brown given suspended sentence over bottle attack at London club
R&B singer sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 12 months over incident in Mayfair in 2023The R&B singer Chris Brown has been given a ...
Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row
Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his convictionToforest Johnson, an Alabama death row inmat...
Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post
Rights groups warn of Tehran regime’s increasing use of executions to suppress dissent, with at least 600 this yearHuman rights groups have raised the...
Youngest Snowtown murderer to walk free from jail after 26-year sentence as parole upheld
James Vlassakis was 18 when he became involved in the Snowtown killings, later pleading guilty to four of the 11 murders The youngest person jailed ov...
Conductor Julian Wachner receives suspended sentence for possession of child sex abuse material
The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of possession of child sex ...
Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests
Taraneh Rahimi was told prison guards would rape her sister, Romina, if she did not sign a confessionThe twins were 19 and still in high school when t...
Teenager in Wales given detention sentence for stabbing teacher in head
Judge voices concern about possible copycat incidents after boy, 16, found guilty over attack at school in PembrokeshireA judge has expressed concern ...
RHOSLC Alum Jen Shah Finishes Prison Sentence After Home Confinement
Jen Shah's time has been served.
The RHOSLC alum commemorated the end of her federal prison sentence after being adjudged in 2023 to six and a half ye...
Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family
Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic stateRussia has freed a former US marine who had been in jail...
South Yorkshire man who killed lodger and hid body in concrete gets 35-year sentence
Christopher Wright, 73, shot Richard Dyson in November 2019 and then dismembered his remainsA man who killed his lodger and concealed his dismembered ...
Ousted Bangladeshi leader vows to return from exile despite facing a death sentence
Hasina's speech marked the second anniversary of her ouster. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter following nearly two months of protests in 2024 that le...
