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Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo was quietly moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec on Monday, the lawyer for his victims’ families says. Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14, in the early 1990s near …
Read More »OPP search for convicted murderer who escaped from Kingston prison
The OPP are on the hunt for an escaped inmate from Collins Bay Institution. By Nick Lansdown Global News Posted May 17, 2023 9:09 am Updated May 17, 2023 9:46 am News Source link
Read More »A Canadian Al Qaeda bomb-maker is coming out of prison. When are terrorists ready for release?
Caught recruiting for an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell in Ottawa, Hiva Alizadeh was sentenced to 24 years in 2014. But he is already being released after telling the Parole Board of Canada on Wednesday that he had abandoned terrorism and was ready to move on. At a hearing to approve …
Read More »Family physician sentenced to 4-year prison term for largest doctor billing fraud in Alberta history
An Edmonton family physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for a crime described as the largest billing fraud by a doctor in Alberta history. In 2016, Dr. Yifei Shi billed Alberta Health for a total of $1,388,862. According to an agreed statement of facts entered in Court of King’s …
Read More »Gangster killed 6 months after prison release had ‘hit’ on his life: parole documents
At Trong Minh Nguyen’s final parole hearing, board members refused to release the Calgary gangster, in part, because rival gangsters had ordered him killed. When Nguyen was ultimately released, he would be dead in six months in a chilling ambush, caught on video. “File information notes you currently have a …
Read More »Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying subpoena from Jan. 6 committee
Steve Bannon, a former top strategist and campaign chair to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court to four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges. Bannon refused to co-operate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. He was convicted …
Read More »Former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexual assault
WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard was sentenced to five years in prison by a Toronto judge on Thursday. It was the third and final day of a sentencing hearing that began earlier this month. Hoggard, the former lead singer of rock band Hedley, was found …
Read More »Evin prison fire death toll rises to 8, Iran says
Iran’s judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide. Details still remain scarce over the fire at Evin prison, which broke out on Saturday night as nationwide anti-government protests triggered by the …
Read More »Saudi woman gets 34 years in prison after retweeting dissidents
A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumours” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at …
Read More »Proposed class-action lawsuit targets Ottawa over prison practice set to become illegal
A proposed class-action lawsuit recently filed in Nova Scotia could see some former inmates seeking compensation for a prison practice that’s been performed on federal prisoners for years, but which will soon be illegal in Canada. The practice is called “dry celling.” It is a type of confinement that critics have described …
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