Tag: prison
The mole in “The Black Swan” is sentenced to prison
The lawyer Amira Smajic, protagonist of the acclaimed Danish documentary series “The Black Swan”, has been sentenced to three months in prison for falsifying documents, Ritzau reports. One month of…
Public Prosecution Service demands 4 years in prison for Utrecht man for raping sister-in-law
The public prosecutor finds that statement completely unbelievable. Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to a Moroccan woman, the public prosecutor emphasized. The victim, who was…
Pregnant Simcoe drug dealer sent to prison
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Published Aug 21, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 2 minute read Simcoe Courthouse Photo by Susan Gamble A Simcoe woman who…
Texas Prison Air Conditioning Lawsuit to Save Lives Nears End
Before the federal judge of the court in Austin, Texas, the closing arguments in the trial pitting a prisoner and several NGOs against the prison system are scheduled to take…
Italy: Law to improve prison conditions insufficient in view of emergency
Overcrowded, dilapidated, unsanitary, most of Italy’s 190 prisons lack everything. Prison density is 131% with peaks of 230% in some detention centers. Structural reforms are long overdue, while Parliament has…
One of the best sci-fi films ever, in which an entire city becomes a prison
When Rattlesnake hit the cinemas in 1981, the idea of sealing off an entire city and turning it into a futuristic end-time prison was still completely new. The dark, dystopian…
Burundi: Journalist released from prison but climate remains hostile to the press according to RSF
Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye was released on Friday, July 16, two days after being pardoned by President Evariste Ndayishimiye. She had been sentenced to ten years in prison in January…
Sarnia impaired driver may face prison after crash cyclist insults
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News A Sarnia driver may face prison after his SUV and a female cyclist collided while he had three times the legal limit of alcohol…
Russian-American woman sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia after donating to Ukrainian foundation
In Russia, Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to twelve years in a penal colony by a court in the Yekaterinburg region on Thursday, August 15. This 33-year-old Russian-American living in Los…
Confused man gets 2 weeks in prison for violence at Utrecht Central Station
A seriously confused man from The Hague has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for assaulting a kiosk employee and an NS security guard at Utrecht Central Station on…