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WARNING: This story contains details of violence involving young children. A British judge sentenced a teenager who murdered three young girls to minimum of 52 years in prison on Thursday, after the killer was removed from the dock for interrupting his sentencing. On Monday, Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted carrying out the …
Read More »Bodycam video shows officers beating handcuffed man before his death at N.Y. prison
Warning: This story and video contain details of violence. Newly released video of a fatal New York prison beating shows correctional officers repeatedly pummelling a handcuffed man, striking him in the chest with a shoe, and lifting him by the neck and dropping him. Body camera footage of the Dec. …
Read More »Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in prison in France
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and inviting other men to rape her while she …
Read More »Serbian mass shooter who killed 9 gets maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
A Serbian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a young man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in one of two back-to-back mass killings last year that shook the Balkan nation. Uros Blazic, 21, took up an automatic rifle on May 4, 2023, …
Read More »B.C. man sentenced to life in prison for double murder of Kamloops brothers
A Naramata, B.C., man was handed a life sentence Tuesday for the gruesome killings of two brothers murdered during a drug deal in May 2021. A B.C. Supreme Court judge found Wade Cudmore guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in September in the killings of Erick and Carlo Fryer. The …
Read More »Comedic actor Jay Johnston sentenced to 1 year in prison in Capitol riot case
An actor known for his roles in the television comedies Bob’s Burgers and Arrested Development was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for his part in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago. Jay Johnston, 56, of Los Angeles, joined other rioters in a …
Read More »Meth, cellphones, cannabis among $88K in contraband seized at Manitoba prison – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Correctional officials say they’ve seized over $88,000 in contraband from the medium security unit at Manitoba’s Stony Mountain Institution. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said Thursday that cannabis, meth, and cellphones were among the seized items, and that the investigation continues. …
Read More »Inmate killed in assault at Manitoba prison, RCMP say
Officers were called to Stony Mountain Institution, 24 km north of Winnipeg, after a report of a serious assault. The victim was rushed to hospital where he later died. News Source link
Read More »Ontario man gets prison time in hit-and-run that nearly killed teen cyclist
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nearly five years after a brutal hit-and-run crash in London, Ont., that forever changed the lives of the Roby family, the man behind the wheel has been sentenced. Jesse Bleck, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday to a total of four-and-a-half years in …
Read More »‘Live and exist’: Prison libraries are important for inmates, advocates say – Winnipeg
A Winnipeg group is working to ensure people who are incarcerated in Manitoba have access to books, to help people who are incarcerated start a new chapter. On Wednesday, Winnipeg’s prison libraries committee (PLC) was busy unboxing, sorting and packing hundreds of books donated by the community. Many will appear …
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