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Outrage as Nigeria sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy
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Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria a...
Oproer in die gevangenis in die koronavirus in Sri Lanka laat agt dood, verby 50 gewond
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Colombo, Sri Lanka Ten minste agt gevangenes is dood en meer as 50 beseer in botsings met wagte in 'n Sri Lankaanse gevangenis, het amptenare Maandag gesê, toe owerhede probeer het om 'n betoging oor stygende korornavirus te onderdruk..
Jailed Sicilian Mafia boss bites off prison guard’s finger
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A jailed Sicilian Mafia boss has bitten off a prison guard's finger, a spokesman for the Italian Ministry of Justice told CNN. Giuseppe Fanara, 60, who is serving a life sentence, attacked the guard at Rebibbia pri...
Hong Kong protester gets 21 months in prison for throwing eggs as city’s judiciary comes under pressure to take hard line
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Hong Kong A 31-year-old man has been jailed for 21 months for throwing eggs at a police station, the latest tough sentence handed down by a Hong Kong court as the authorities move to clamp down on political dissent i...
Woman who spent 23 years in prison for a crime she says she didn’t commit received an honorary bachelor’s degree
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Wil jy meer inspirerend wees, positiewe nuus? Teken in op The Good Stuff, 'n nuusbrief ten goede in die lewe. Dit sal u inkassie elke Saterdagoggend verhelder. When Tyra Patterson was 19 jaar oud, she was imprisoned for ...
Man who claimed to be missing boy Timmothy Pitzen gets two years in prison
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A man who claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 op ouderdom 6, has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft, federal prosecutors say. Brian Michael Rini, 24, of Medina, Ohio, w ...
South Korea’s top court upholds former leader Park Geun-hye’s 20-year prison sentence
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Seoel, South Korea South Korea's highest court has upheld former President Park Geun-hye's 20-year prison sentence for her 2018 bribery conviction, ending a corruption scandal that has gripped the country for years. ...
Smugglers threw seven pounds of chicken wings and 40 pounds of tobacco over a prison wall
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Smugglers managed to throw a hefty haul of contraband items -- insluitend 20 pounds of tobacco and seven pounds of barbecued chicken -- over the fence of a Mississippi prison. They may have gotten away with it, if it...
Man who bought guns used by San Bernardino terrorists sentenced to 20 jare in die federale gevangenis
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The man who supplied the guns that a husband and wife used to kill 14 people in a 2015 terror attack in California has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Enrique Marquez ple...
A Florida man who spent 31 years in prison for a nonviolent marijuana crime has been released
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After spending 31 years in prison for a nonviolent marijuana crime, the man thought to be the longest-serving inmate convicted on cannabis charges in the US has been released. Richard DeLisi, 71, was released Tuesd...
'N Daklose man wat lewenslange tronkstraf opgelê is vir 'n $20 dagga verkoop word vrygestel na 12 jare
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In 2008, Die noodlot Winslow is genader deur 'n gewone geklede polisiebeampte in Shreveport, Louisiana, op soek na dagga. Winslow, onlangs destyds dakloos, het 'n vriend se fiets geleen en teruggekom ...
'N Vrou is deur haar man en skoonouers vermoor. Hulle is drie jaar tronkstraf opgelê, die openbare verontwaardiging ontketen
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'N Chinese hof het hierdie week 'n seldsame stap gemaak om die openbare verontwaardiging te berus oor 'n omstrede moordsaak waarby 'n jong vrou wat deur haar man en skoonouers vermoor is, betrek is.. Die 22-jarige Chinese vrou was nog net getroud vir s ...
Radical cleric linked to Bali bombings released from prison
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Indonesia released Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir from prison on Friday, with authorities saying the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings would enter a de-radicalization program amid concerns over his con...
Australian double murderer sentenced to 40 years in prison, ending one of the country’s most notorious cold cases
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An Australian man dubbed "the Claremont killer" has been sentenced to at least 40 years in jail for murdering two young women, bringing an end to one of the country's most notorious cold cases. Jane Rimmer, Ciara G...
Former DEA official sentenced to 7 years in prison for $4.4 million scam
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A former Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years behind bars for posing as a CIA employee to dupe several people and companies in a $ 4.4 million scheme. Garrison Kennet...
Amptenaar in Arizona wat bedrogskema vir aanneming bestuur het, is ses jaar tronkstraf opgelê
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'N Voormalige beoordelaar van Arizona wat skuld beken het aan die bestuur van 'n aannemingsbedrogskema, is ses jaar gevangenisstraf opgelê, volgens federale aanklaers. Paul Petersen is ook beveel om te dien ...