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Austrian who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert gets 15 years in prison

Beran A, whose last name has not been made public in accordance with Austrian privacy rules, was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the US pop star.

AUSTRIAN DEFENDENT Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on US singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026.
 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Michigan man receives 20-year sentence for providing material support to ISIS

An illustration of Tefillin, August 18, 2025.

Man sentenced to 10 months in prison for urinating near tefillin cabinet, looting charity boxes

A view of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Roosevelt Island with United Nations building in the forefront on April 14, 2026 in New York City.

'Die, Jews, Die!': NYC man sentenced to prison for antisemitic, anti-white assaults


Jordan: Ex-royal official sentenced to 15 years for plot to overthrow king

The court said it had confirmed evidence backing the charges that he had been determined to harm the monarchy by pushing former heir to the throne Prince Hamza as an alternative to the king.

JORDAN’S KING Abdullah reviews the honour guard before the opening of the second ordinary session of 17th Session of Parliament in Amman IN 2014.

Actor Moshe Ivgy sentenced to 11 months in prison for sexual assault

Monday's sentence comes after Ivgy was convicted for the sexual assault of four women and a five-and-a-half-year legal battle.

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives to the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial on suspicion of four counts of indecent assault and three offenses of sexual harassment, January 9, 2020. Photo by Flash90

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder

In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors from the Minnesota attorney general's office wrote that Chauvin's crime "shocked the conscience of the Nation."

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as a jury finds him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video.

Australian court rejects appeal to jail killer of Israeli student for life

A Victorian prosecutor appealed the sentence handed down to the killer for the murder in March, saying that it was "manifestly inadequate."

Arab-Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, who was murdered in Melbourne, Australia in 2019

Iranian political prisoner dies, allegedly from medical misconduct

"When you jail an innocent person for his beliefs and opposition, and he dies, this death is not an ordinary death; this is murder."

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail sentences in Fenerbahce case

Former police chief Nazmi Ardic was sentenced to 2,170 years on charges including forging documents and conspiring against the soccer club.

Soccer Football - Super Lig - Besiktas v Fenerbahce - Vodafone Park, Istanbul, Turkey - March 21, 2021 Fenerbahce's Dimitris Pelkas reacts after being shown a yellow card by referee Halil Umut Meler

Israeli bakery in San Francisco is hiring formerly incarcerated staff

“His honesty impressed me,” Yosef said. “I could see in his face that if I give him a chance, he’ll do whatever he can to prove himself"

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon June 30, 2020.

Sheldon Silver, former NY Assembly speaker, ordered back to prison

Silver, 77, was furloughed under a measure meant to control the spread of coronavirus in prison.

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Gynecologist gets 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting patients

The court filing said Schechter used a vibrating device to rate the "pleasure levels" of three women on four separate occasions. One woman reported that he using his fingers as well.

A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny reveals terrible treatment in prison

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny claimed that his health has greatly deteriorated and he was being prevented from seeing a doctor and sleeping by prison guards, a practice he likened to torture.

People participate in a demonstration after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in jail, in Moscow, Russia February 2, 2021.