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🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
Crime & Justice

Court Sentences 11 Years in Prison for Murder Committed in Pitäjänmäki

A Helsinki court has sentenced Jani Petteri Lappalainen to 11 years in prison for the murder of a woman in Pitäjänmäki.

Feb 27 • 12:31 UTC
🌍 RFI Afrique (FR)
National & Local

Togo: the defense pleads for acquittal in the appeal trial regarding the death of Colonel Bitala Madjoulba in 2020

In Togo, the defense has argued for the acquittal of defendants in the appeal trial concerning the 2020 murder of Colonel Bitala Madjoulba, while the prosecution seeks long prison sentences.

Feb 27 • 08:16 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
Crime & Justice

The brain behind 'La Banda del Millón': his three stints in prison and what he says he does now

Hugo David Castillo, suspected leader of 'La Banda del Millón', was arrested again following allegations of robbery after previously serving multiple prison sentences for various crimes.

Feb 26 • 23:10 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

First sentence under the new femicide law in Porto Alegre sentences defendant to 24 years in prison

Porto Alegre has witnessed its first conviction under the new femicide law, with a man sentenced to 24 years for killing his partner.

Feb 26 • 21:02 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

The government proposes significant changes to prison sentences

The Finnish government has proposed the introduction of preventive detention for dangerous offenders and reforms to the release process for life sentence prisoners.

Feb 26 • 19:35 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

French court sentences Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari for justifying terrorism

A French court has sentenced Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari to a prison term for justifying terrorism.

Feb 26 • 14:33 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

France sentences Iranian woman to one year in prison for justifying terrorism

A French court has sentenced Iranian woman Mahdieh Esfandiari to one year in prison for justifying terrorism, a ruling seen as potentially influencing negotiations for the release of detained French citizens in Iran.

Feb 26 • 13:46 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
National & Local

Including two Israelis.. prison sentences for those convicted in a spyware scandal that shook the Greek government

A Greek court has sentenced four individuals, including two Israelis, to eight years in prison for their involvement in a spyware scandal that emerged in 2022.

Feb 26 • 13:42 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Ian Huntley attack: Inside 'Monster Mansion' jail where Soham killer left for dead

Ian Huntley, serving life sentences for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was attacked in HMP Frankland, known as 'Monster Mansion', and was airlifted to hospital after being found seriously injured.

Feb 26 • 12:22 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

STF sentences Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to 76 years in prison as mastermind behind the murders of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes

The Brazilian Supreme Court has sentenced brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to over 76 years in prison for their roles as masterminds in the murders of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes.

Feb 26 • 00:19 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
National & Local

Tunisia: The Salvation Front rejects a ruling to imprison two leaders in Ennahda

The Tunisian opposition group, the National Salvation Front, has rejected prison sentences for two leaders of the Ennahda party, calling the rulings shocking and unjust.

Feb 25 • 20:05 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

STF sentences Brazão brothers to 76 years and 3 months in prison for Marielle's murder; see sentences

The Brazilian Supreme Court has sentenced the Brazão brothers to over 76 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver.

Feb 25 • 17:18 UTC
🇩🇰 DR Nyheder
National & Local

The Swedish government will deport more convicted foreigners

Sweden's government plans to implement stricter deportation laws for convicted non-citizens, proposing automatic expulsion for prison sentences.

Feb 25 • 13:56 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

An Indonesian court sentences the murderers of Matilde Muñoz to 18 years in prison

An Indonesian court has sentenced two men to 18 years in prison for the murder of Spanish national Matilde Muñoz during a robbery at her hotel in Lombok.

Feb 25 • 07:12 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

An Indonesian court sentences two men to 18 years in prison for the murder of Matilde Muñoz

An Indonesian court has sentenced two men to 18 years in prison for the murder of Spanish citizen Matilde Muñoz, who was killed in her hotel room in Lombok.

Feb 25 • 07:08 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
Crime & Justice

Prison sentences for former drivers of Ušakov for fictitious 'employment'

The Riga City Court has sentenced two former drivers of the ex-mayor Nils Ušakovs to prison for large-scale fraud involving the municipal company 'Rīgas satiksme.'

Feb 25 • 07:02 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

Senegal May Double Punishments for Same-Sex Relationships

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is advocating for harsher penalties for same-sex relationships, proposing to increase prison sentences from five years to a maximum of ten.

Feb 24 • 20:00 UTC
🌍 Africanews
National & Local

Senegal PM pledges to increase penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has proposed a new law that would increase prison sentences for same-sex relations to up to ten years and impose additional penalties for advocacy of such relations.

Feb 24 • 17:10 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Senegal's Prime Minister defends anti-LGBT law that doubles prison sentences

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has defended a proposed law that increases the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations from five to ten years, reflecting a broader crackdown on LGBT rights in the country.

Feb 24 • 15:29 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

Senegal's PM introduces bill doubling prison sentences for same-sex relations

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has proposed a bill that increases prison sentences for same-sex relations to five to 10 years amid rising homophobia in the country.

Feb 24 • 14:39 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

For spying on Belarus, the partners face 7 and 9 years in prison

Two Lithuanians are facing prison sentences for espionage activities linked to Belarus.

Feb 24 • 14:36 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Between five and ten years in prison: in Senegal, the government wants to double the penalties against homosexuality

The Senegalese government plans to introduce a law that would increase prison sentences for homosexual acts from 1-5 years to 5-10 years.

Feb 24 • 12:19 UTC
🇩🇰 Politiken
Crime & Justice

Court sentences man from Kærshovedgård to six years in prison for fatal accident

A 35-year-old resident of Kærshovedgård has been sentenced to six years in prison for causing a fatal accident that killed a woman in April 2024.

Feb 23 • 16:20 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
Crime & Justice

Real prison sentences handed to women who robbed an elderly couple

Two women have been sentenced to real prison terms for robbing an elderly couple in Lithuania, as their behavior poses a genuine danger to society.

Feb 23 • 14:10 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

The guilt of the thieves who robbed an elderly couple in Utena district will be paid for behind bars

A court upheld the prison sentences for two women convicted of robbing an elderly couple in the Utena district of Lithuania.

Feb 23 • 13:45 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
Crime & Justice

Prison Sentences for Women Who Robbed an Elderly Couple

Two women received prison sentences for robbing an elderly couple, exploiting the victim's trust to gain access to their home.

Feb 23 • 13:41 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Congress Leadership Signals to Vote for Lesser Sentence for Bolsonaro If CPI Pressure For Master Cools Down

The Brazilian Congress leadership has suggested they may vote on a bill reducing prison sentences for convicted coup participants, including former President Jair Bolsonaro, if pressure to establish a parliamentary inquiry into Banco Master eases.

Feb 23 • 02:00 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

Prison sentences, betrayal and affair claims – everything Gordon Ramsay's doc missed out

The Netflix docu-series about Gordon Ramsay has been criticized for omitting significant and controversial aspects of his family's past.

Feb 22 • 21:58 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
National & Local

AFCON: Senegal slams Morocco over prison sentences, fines for 18 fans

Senegal's Football Federation has condemned Morocco's court ruling that sentenced 18 Senegalese fans to prison terms following disturbances at the AFCON final.

Feb 21 • 15:10 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
National & Local

Police arrested a man with a knife in Tripla - the criminal law has changed, and now even a pocket knife can lead to prison sentences

Police have intensified their enforcement against possession of bladed weapons in Finland due to a recent change in criminal law, illustrated by an incident in a Helsinki shopping mall.

Feb 21 • 08:45 UTC
🇩🇰 DR Nyheder
Crime & Justice

Long prison sentences in bomb case from Odense

Three young men were each sentenced to 14 years in prison related to a shooting and attempted bombing case in Odense, Denmark.

Feb 20 • 13:36 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Karol Nawrocki's Project. Prison Sentences for Judges and Removal from Office

President Karol Nawrocki has introduced a legislative proposal pertaining to the judiciary amidst ongoing concerns about the state of justice in Poland.

Feb 20 • 11:59 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Double life sentences for the 39-year-old for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Ilia in 2024

A 39-year-old man received a double life sentence and 13 years in prison for the rape and murder of his 11-year-old niece in Ilia, Greece, with no mitigating circumstances recognized by the court.

Feb 20 • 11:58 UTC
🇵🇱 Oko.press
National & Local

Nawrocki wants to imprison judges for 10 years! For applying EU law

President Nawrocki has proposed a new law that bans judges from applying EU law, threatening them with prison sentences for complying with European court rulings.

Feb 20 • 06:21 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Long prison sentences for Senegalese fans detained in Morocco

A Moroccan court sentenced 18 Senegalese football fans to prison terms ranging from three to twelve months for vandalism during the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Feb 19 • 19:22 UTC
🌍 RFI Afrique (FR)
Crime & Justice

CAN 2025: prison sentences ranging from three months to one year imposed on 18 Senegalese supporters arrested in Morocco

Eighteen Senegalese supporters and one Frenchman were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three months to one year following their arrest during clashes at the Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco.

Feb 19 • 19:07 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

PHOTOS ⟩ Court sentences Israeli citizen who spied in Estonia on behalf of the FSB to prison

Anatoli Privalov, an Israeli citizen residing in Narva, was sentenced to prison by the Harju County Court for spying on behalf of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) against Estonia and its allies for at least nine years.

Feb 19 • 09:33 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

‘Designer of the Emergency Martial Law’ Noh Sang-won Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison… Police Chiefs Jo Ji-ho and Kim Bong-sik Sentenced to 12 and 10 Years

A South Korean court sentenced former Intelligence Command Chief Noh Sang-won to 18 years in prison for his role in a coup attempt, along with significant sentences for two former police chiefs.

Feb 19 • 08:04 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

The President of Syria Declared an Amnesty for Prisoners

Syria's President has announced an amnesty for prisoners, particularly addressing the reduction of sentences for those convicted of standard crimes.

Feb 19 • 07:59 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
National & Local

South Korean court sentences ex-president Yoon to life in prison for 2024 insurrection

A South Korean court has sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection related to his martial law declaration in December 2024.

Feb 19 • 07:07 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Lot-et-Garonne: two years of suspended prison and three years of ineligibility required against two former presidents of the Chamber of Agriculture

Two former presidents of the Chamber of Agriculture in Lot-et-Garonne are facing requests for suspended prison sentences and ineligibility for their alleged involvement in illegally diverting funds.

Feb 18 • 20:21 UTC
🇬🇧 Sky News
Crime & Justice

Drug dealer jailed for life over arson attack on home that killed elderly couple

Three individuals have received lengthy prison sentences, including a life sentence for the drug dealer, following an arson attack that resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple in St Helens.

Feb 18 • 14:26 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

Lawmakers approve reform to classify and punish sexual harassment and stalking with prison time

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved reforms to the Federal Penal Code to classify and penalize sexual harassment and stalking with prison sentences.

Feb 18 • 02:36 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Russia sentences American to 4 years for allegedly trying to take Kalashnikov rifle stocks: report

A U.S. citizen was sentenced to four years in prison in Russia for attempting to smuggle Kalashnikov rifle stocks out of the country.

Feb 17 • 19:14 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Azerbaijan Sentences Former Nagorno-Karabakh Leader to 20 Years in Prison

Former leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, R. Vardanian, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges including war crimes and terrorism.

Feb 17 • 17:15 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
National & Local

The StB Officers Harassed Actor Töpfer. They Now Face Up to Ten Years in Prison

Four former State Security officers have been charged for harassing actor Tomáš Töpfer during the 1970s and 1980s in Czechoslovakia, with potential sentences of one to ten years in prison.

Feb 17 • 11:35 UTC
🇷🇺 The Moscow Times
National & Local

Azerbaijan Sentences Former Nagorno-Karabakh Official to 20 Years in Prison

Azerbaijan has sentenced former Nagorno-Karabakh official Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison on various serious charges, leading to controversy over the fairness of the trial.

Feb 17 • 10:18 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
World

Azerbaijan Court Sentences Former Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh to 20 Years in Prison

The Azerbaijani court has sentenced Ruben Vardanyan, the former prime minister of the de facto independent Armenian republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, to 20 years in prison on serious charges.

Feb 17 • 10:13 UTC
🌍 RFI Afrique (FR)
National & Local

Tunisia: prison sentences of three to fifteen years for the attack on the Ghriba synagogue

Four people lost their lives during the attack on the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia, leading to prison sentences for the attackers' accomplices.

Feb 17 • 00:10 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
National & Local

Anniversary of the Murder: Navalny's Radiance is Stronger than Poison

On the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's murder, his grave has become a site of pilgrimage for dissatisfied Russians, although his supporters continue to face harsh prison sentences.

Feb 16 • 19:59 UTC

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