Paul Bernardo: Canadian serial killer to remain in lower security prison
The move to shift Paul Bernardo to a lower-security prison sparked outrage in Canada.
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Travis King: North Korea 'not responding to calls' on missing soldier, says US
The US has reached out to the North, but there is still no word on the whereabouts of Travis King.
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Alex Murdaugh's first released prison phone call is a 42 second conversation with son, Buster
The records CNN has obtained from Alex Murdaugh's time so far in prison include a short phone call between the convicted murderer and his only surviving son, Buster.
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Biden says he's 'serious' about working on a prisoner exchange to free Evan Gershkovich
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he is "serious" about a prisoner exchange to free wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russia.
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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to six years in prison, avoiding death penalty
Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, arrested last October for supporting the protest movement in Iran last year, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison, his official Twitter page said Monday.
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Larry Nassar, the ex-USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls for decades, was stabbed 10 times in prison
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was assaulted during an incident at the federal prison where he is housed in Florida, according to two sources familiar with the incident.
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Evan Gershkovich: US confirms Russia contact over prisoner swap for reporter
The White House says it is prepared to do "hard things" to free the American journalist from Russia.
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Former 'Smallville' actress and high-ranking member of Nxivm group Allison Mack released from prison
Allison Mack, the former "Smallville" actress and high-ranking member of the cultlike group Nxivm who was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021, was released Monday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in online records.
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Evan Gershkovich: US ambassador in Russia meets with jailed reporter
It is only the second time detained journalist Evan Gershkovich has met with a US representative.
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California man sentenced to over 6 years in prison for $8.7 million cow manure Ponzi scheme, US attorney's office says
A man from California who ran a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme where he claimed to turn cow manure into green energy has been sentenced to over six years in prison, the US attorney's office for the Eastern District of California announced this week.
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Supreme Court allows transgender woman's lawsuit against Virginia prison to continue
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for an individual who suffers from gender dysphoria to sue a Virginia men's prison for violating a federal law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
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Ron DeSantis voted for the First Step Act and hailed its 'successes.' He now calls it 'the jailbreak bill'
On the campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has attacked Donald Trump's signature prison reform bill, calling it a "jailbreak bill" and claiming it "allowed dangerous people out of prison who have now reoffended and really, really hurt a number of people."
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