Abalone poacher sentenced to 244 years in jail for paying officials to get his haul back | News24
Although an abalone poacher has been sentenced to 244 years in jail, he will likely only effectively serve 18 years.
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Protests Large But Peaceful After New Charges in Floyd Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd that kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national
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Herman Charles Bosman
Herman Charles Bosman , (born Feb. 5, 1905, Kuils River, near Cape Town, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died Oct. 14, 1951, Edendale, S.Af.), South African writer who is noted for his short stories depicting rural Afrikaner character and
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Zimbabwe: Ex-Minister Undenge Sent to Prison for Two and Half Years
Undenge appeared before senior regional magistrate Trynos Utahwashe at the Harare magistrate's court on
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Inmate fatally chopped at Lusignan Prison - Stabroek News
A remanded prisoner succumbed yesterday morning, hours after he was brutally chopped during an altercation with four other inmates at the Lusignan Prison and the suspects have since been identified. The article Inmate fatally chopped at Lusignan Prison appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Libya
After months of secret talks with the U.S. and Britain, Qaddafi surprised the world in Dec. 2003 by announcing he would give up the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and submit to full UN weapons inspections. After inspections at four secret sites, the International Atomic Energy Agency
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Kenya: Robbery, Sexual Offences Convicts Challenge Sentences
[Nation] When Mwalongo Chichoro, who is serving a life sentence for defiling a child, appeared in court last week, he seemed optimistic that he would be set free or at least have his sentence reduced following his petition seeking resentencing.
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Pennsylvania Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation After Threatening to 'Make Up a Fake Arrest'
A police chief in Pennsylvania, Brian Buglio, has been charged with a civil rights violation after he allegedly made a threat to a man.
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Man appeals conviction for murdering brother-in-law - Stabroek News
Sentenced to 60 years back in March after being convicted for the 2016 murder of his brother-in-law, Les Charles Critchlow has lodged an appeal to his conviction and sentence, arguing that he did not have a fair
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Commentary: Old, Sick and Incarcerated
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Fed Judge Rules Florida Can’t Stop Poor Felons From Voting
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Tallahassee ruled Sunday night that Florida law can’t stop felons from voting because they can’t pay back any legal fees and restitution they
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Man jailed two years for stealing K2.7m from friend | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
A court in Lilongwe has sentenced a 43-year-old man to two years in jail for stealing his friend’s K2.7 million. The sentence has been handed by the Mapuyu Second Grade Magistrate's Court to Chikondi Chakweza. State prosecutor Sub Inspector Steven Galeta told the court that Chakweza stole the cash
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AFRO Exclusive: Catherine Pugh Prepares to Leave Home | Afro
These words, written by Catherine Pugh several years ago, for a yet-to-be published book entitled Leaving Home, have new meaning as the former Baltimore mayor makes the long journey from her Ashburton home to Alabama to begin a three-year sentence in federal prison on June
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Don King
Donald King is a boxing promoter, known for setting up some of the most notorious fights in boxing history. He was born on  August 20, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio. He had considered a career in law at first and attended Western Reserve University where he became a bookkeeper at a betting ring. In
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T'dad senator wants gov't to crackdown on porn | New York Carib News
Independent Senator Hazel Thompson-Ahye, speaking on the Sexual Offences Amendment bill in the Senate on Tuesday, is urging the government to redouble efforts to eliminate the huge amount of pornographic material circulating in the country.
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Parliament's adoption of GBV bills is 'a leap that is long overdue' | News24
After a spate of gender-based violence and femicide rocked the country in 2018, three GBV bills were introduced in Parliament.
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Serial rapist sentenced to 15 life sentence plus 30 additional years
Herman Harker, who the police termed a serial rapist, was sentenced for four counts of abduction and sexual
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The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 22.5 Years. Is Justice Really Served? | The Oklahoma Eagle
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, and because of his role as a public servant and the cruel inhumane nature of his crime was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. A few years less than the 30 years recommended by the prosecutors. Of
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Convicted killer to challenge sentence in October - Barbados Today
Convicted killer Terry Cassius Seale will appear before the Barbados Court of Appeal in four months’ time to challenge his 18-year prison sentence. Seale, of Groves Crescent, St George, was sentenced to that time in jail back in December 2018, for killing his former lover, Moreta Forde. His appeal
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Eighteen of 329 cases disposed of at April assizes - Stabroek News
Of the 329 cases listed for hearing in the April 2021 session of the Demerara criminal assizes, only 18 matters were disposed of, one of which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) declared nolle
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No minimum sentences for sex offenders and armed robbers
Rapists, paedophiles and armed robbers have no recourse for automatic minimum sentences upon conviction, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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Man gets 18 years for chopping children
A man who brutally attacked two sisters aged 11 and 13 with a machete was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the St Catherine Circuit Court. He is Timothy Tulloch, a 25-year-old labourer of Marlie Acres in Old Harbour, St Catherine. In handing down...
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Could Be Released Really Soon – Nearly 20 Years Early – Free Press of Jacksonville
Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit Mayor, has been granted early release after spending 7 years of a 28-year
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Sarkozy sentenced for corruption
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. He was convicted of trying to bribe a judge in 2014 - after he had left office - by suggesting he could secure a prestigious job for him in return for information about a separate
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Houston entrepreneur spent $1.6M in PPP funds on Lamborghini, strip clubs - DefenderNetwork.com

A 29-year-old Houston man is accused of making fraudulent applications for coronavirus relief aid and then spending the money on luxury items, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Lee Price III was arrested and is charged with making false statements to a financial

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Ex-deputy mayor wins appeal
former Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who was fired following a High Court ruling declaring his election flawed because of a previous conviction, has won the appeal against both conviction and sentence on the criminal
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Engineer Lenell Geter falsely convicted
Engineer Lenell Geter convicted falsely in armed robbery charge. His conviction, which would draw national protest, was finally overturned after having served a 16 month sentence.
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Eastern Cape man sentenced to life plus 10 years for murder | News24
A 33-year-old Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison for murdering another man in 2014.
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Supreme Court Hears Offender’s Court Costs Issue
A Montgomery County man was sentenced to prison until at least his mid-80s is challenging a trial judge’s decision not to waive his mandatory court costs, after concluding the man has to “take responsibility for his
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Chief Justice set to rule on challenge to senior police promotions - Stabroek News
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, has tentatively set May 24 as the date for ruling on a challenge to the promotion of police officers who have disciplinary matters pending against
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