Prison sentence
After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'
She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.
Urogynecologist convicted of raping nine women sentenced to 14 years imprisonment
Lloyds rejects mortgage bid from mother of jailed Palestine Action activist
Iranian woman sentenced to three years in prison for comment on Netanyahu social media post
'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France
The convicted serial killer has from Nepal where he has been serving in prison since 2003.
Navalny from Russian prison: I was thrown in solitary confinement
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said that prison authorities had thrown him into a punishment cell for a minor rules infraction after he tried to encourage fellow inmates to form a trade union.
Brittney Griner's attorneys appeal Russian prison sentence
Under Russian law, the defense team had 10 days to do so after the sentencing. The grounds for the appeal were not immediately clear.
Psychologist Yuval Carmi sentenced to 39 months for sexually assaulting patients
The prosecution's representative said Carmi's case is a severe case of sexual assault and so his sentencing should be more intense than others in cases like these.
Sex offender Alon Kastiel released from prison over a year earlier than sentenced
Alon Kastiel was convicted of four counts of sexual assault and attempted rape and was sentenced to 57 months in prison.
Arab man receives shortened sentence for attacking Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Saleh Bakirat, 20, from Jerusalem, was sentenced to a maximum of 30 months in prison for attacking Jews, even though the prosecution sought at least 11 years in prison.
Global campaign to save kidnapped dissident from execution in Iran
Jamshid Sharmahd 's trial is presided over by the 'death judge' Abolqasem Salavati.
Abusive kindergarten teacher's assistant sentenced to 2 years in prison
Liraz Natan and Carmel Meoda severly abused the children under their care.
Belarus jails opposition leader's husband for 18 years
A court found video blogger Syarhei Tsikhanouski guilty of organizing mass unrest and of inciting social hatred and handed him one of the longest sentences in modern Belarusian history.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen freed after 3-year confinement
Michael Cohen served a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations and other crimes.
