Myanmar’s State Administration Council on Tuesday granted pardons to over 7,000 prisoners and reduced sentences for former State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and former president U Win Myint. This is according to the council’s orders on Tuesday. Six years…
Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison
A Tunisian judge on Monday sentenced in absentia opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to a year in prison on charges of incitement, his lawyer Monia Bouali said. Ghannouchi, 81, has been in prison since…
César film awards ban nominees investigated for sexual violence
France’s version of the Oscars has announced it will ban anyone facing a potential prison sentence for sexual assault from its 2023 ceremony. The César Awards – due to be held next month – said it was acting out of…
UK man gets life in prison after casually telling police he killed 4 people
A UK man sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a quadruple homicide was captured on chilling police bodycam footage casually admitting to the slayings. Damien Bendall made the cold-blooded confession shortly after he killed his partner, Terri Harris, 35,…
Todd and Julie Chrisley will report to Florida prisons in January
Todd and Julie Chrisley are set to begin their prison sentences in Florida in January. According to People magazine, Todd will serve his sentence at Federal Prison Camp Pensacola and Julie will be held at Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, roughly two and a…
‘‘Chrisley Knows Best’’ is canceled after Todd, Julie sentencing
Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley’s reality show, “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been canceled after their sentencing, Page Six confirms. “The network has some episodes of season 10 of ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ that were shot prior to the trial that will…
Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua sentenced to 13 years in prison
Chinese-Canadian tycoon Xiao Jianhua was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison, more than five years after the billionaire was abducted from a hotel room in Hong Kong and taken to mainland China. Xiao and his company Tomorrow Holdings were…
The day I landed in court – Peju Akande
All my life, I have never been to court before. I mean a law court. ‘The court is made for humans, not animals.’ I often heard a client of mine repeat over and over again whenever she felt slighted and…
