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Fearing Building Collapse, Over 200 Inmates Escape Pak Jail During Earthquakes
Karachi's Malir Jail houses at least 5,000 prisoners and is home to some of the country's most high-profile inmates, including terrorists.
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US CFTC Orders Fallen Crypto Exchange FTX to Pay $12.7 Billion to Customers
The CFTC agreement resolves a potential roadblock to that repayment, ensuring that the government's lawsuit against FTX will not reduce the funds available to its customers. The CFTC agreed not to collect any payment from FTX until all its customers are repaid, with interest.
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145 Maharashtra Prisoners' Sentences Reduced After Securing Degrees
One is a convicted murderer while the other is serving time for theft. The two are among 145 prisoners in Maharashtra who were given reductions in their respective sentences for completing graduation, and post-graduation programmes.
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Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' 11-Year Prison Sentence Reduced By 2 Years: Report
The Theranos founder was convicted in January 2022 for persuading investors over 15 years that she had developed a revolutionary medical device.
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Thailand Man Gets 28 Years In Jail For Online Posts Against Monarchy
His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.
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Judge Caught Kissing Convict Whose Sentence She Tried To Reduce
An Argentinian judge, Mariel Suarez, is being investigated after she was filmed kissing a prisoner who was convicted for killing a police officer.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
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Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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Spain Taxman Knocks 2 Million Euros Off Cristiano Ronaldo Tax Settlement: Report
Spain's taxman and Ronaldo's advisors made the deal to settle claims the 33-year-old, who has since moved to Italy's Juventus, hid income generated from image rights while he was playing for Real Madrid.
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Lalu Yadav, Expert On Fodder, Can Tend Cattle In Jail, Said Judge
Bihar politician Lalu Yadav should serve his prison sentence in an open jail where he can raise cattle and use his "good knowledge of fodder", a judge suggested while pronouncing the punishment for the 16 convicted in the fodder scam on the weekend.
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In Godhra Train Blaze, Alleged Mastermind And 62 Others Acquitted Again
The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.
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Kuwait Frees 22 Indian Prisoners, Reduces Sentences Of 97 Others
The Emir of Kuwait has freed 22 Indian prisoners and commuted the sentences of 97 others held in the Arab country's jails, according to India's Embassy in Kuwait City.
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Lionel Messi Tax Fraud Sentence Reduced To Fine
Messi and his father saw prison sentences for tax fraud reduced to fines by a Barcelona court.
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Israeli Ex-Prime Minister Olmert Freed From Prison After Parole In Graft Case
Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison on Sunday after being granted parole in a corruption case that reduced his sentence by a third.
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Fearing Building Collapse, Over 200 Inmates Escape Pak Jail During Earthquakes
Karachi's Malir Jail houses at least 5,000 prisoners and is home to some of the country's most high-profile inmates, including terrorists.
-
US CFTC Orders Fallen Crypto Exchange FTX to Pay $12.7 Billion to Customers
The CFTC agreement resolves a potential roadblock to that repayment, ensuring that the government's lawsuit against FTX will not reduce the funds available to its customers. The CFTC agreed not to collect any payment from FTX until all its customers are repaid, with interest.
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145 Maharashtra Prisoners' Sentences Reduced After Securing Degrees
One is a convicted murderer while the other is serving time for theft. The two are among 145 prisoners in Maharashtra who were given reductions in their respective sentences for completing graduation, and post-graduation programmes.
-
Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' 11-Year Prison Sentence Reduced By 2 Years: Report
The Theranos founder was convicted in January 2022 for persuading investors over 15 years that she had developed a revolutionary medical device.
-
Thailand Man Gets 28 Years In Jail For Online Posts Against Monarchy
His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.
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Judge Caught Kissing Convict Whose Sentence She Tried To Reduce
An Argentinian judge, Mariel Suarez, is being investigated after she was filmed kissing a prisoner who was convicted for killing a police officer.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
-
Operation Trojan Shield: How an Informant and Messaging App ANOM Led to Huge Global Crime Sting
It took $120,000 (roughly Rs. 87 lakhs) plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Shield, according to a court document.
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Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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Spain Taxman Knocks 2 Million Euros Off Cristiano Ronaldo Tax Settlement: Report
Spain's taxman and Ronaldo's advisors made the deal to settle claims the 33-year-old, who has since moved to Italy's Juventus, hid income generated from image rights while he was playing for Real Madrid.
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Lalu Yadav, Expert On Fodder, Can Tend Cattle In Jail, Said Judge
Bihar politician Lalu Yadav should serve his prison sentence in an open jail where he can raise cattle and use his "good knowledge of fodder", a judge suggested while pronouncing the punishment for the 16 convicted in the fodder scam on the weekend.
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In Godhra Train Blaze, Alleged Mastermind And 62 Others Acquitted Again
The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.
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Kuwait Frees 22 Indian Prisoners, Reduces Sentences Of 97 Others
The Emir of Kuwait has freed 22 Indian prisoners and commuted the sentences of 97 others held in the Arab country's jails, according to India's Embassy in Kuwait City.
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Lionel Messi Tax Fraud Sentence Reduced To Fine
Messi and his father saw prison sentences for tax fraud reduced to fines by a Barcelona court.
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Israeli Ex-Prime Minister Olmert Freed From Prison After Parole In Graft Case
Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison on Sunday after being granted parole in a corruption case that reduced his sentence by a third.
