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Short of prison space, UK looks to US model of time off for good conduct
New York Times, Published on 23/05/2025
» LONDON — In February, Britain’s justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, travelled to Texas. As a lawmaker from the centre-left Labour Party, her trip to the Republican state was somewhat off-brand, but she was on a serious mission: to try to find solutions to Britain’s chronic prison overcrowding crisis.
Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» NEW YORK - Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision.
'Love for humanity': Low-crime Japan's unpaid parole officers
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» TOKYO - Teruko Nakazawa once intervened in a knife fight between an ex-offender and their mother -- all in a day's unpaid work for Japan's army of volunteer probation officers.
Trump would have been convicted if he wasn’t elected: special counsel report
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 US election result if he hadn’t been elected as president four years later, according to a report released on Tuesday.
No jail, no fine, but Trump is still guilty
News Agencies, Published on 10/01/2025
» NEW YORK - US President-elect Donald Trump called his criminal prosecution a “disgrace to the system” on Friday ahead of his sentencing for covering up hush money payments to a porn star.
Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before his inauguration
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2025
» NEW YORK— United States President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday for his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a case that for a time overshadowed his bid to retake the White House.
US calls Vietnam's blogger sentence harsh, deeply troubled by abduction reports
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2024
» WASHINGTON: The United States said on Thursday it was concerned by Vietnam's conviction and "harsh" sentencing of blogger Duong Van Thai, and deeply troubled by reports he was abducted by Vietnamese authorities in Thailand.
Trump has been convicted. Can he still run for president?
New York Times, Published on 31/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Not since Eugene V. Debs campaigned from a prison cell more than a century ago has the United States experienced what is now happening: a prominent candidate with felony convictions running for president. And never before has that candidate been someone with a real chance of winning.
Biden's son Hunter indicted on gun charges
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's son Hunter was indicted Thursday for illegally buying a gun when he was using drugs, casting a new shadow over his father's campaign for reelection next year.
Biden's son Hunter indicted on gun charges
AFP, Published on 15/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden's son Hunter was indicted Thursday for illegally buying a gun five years ago at a time when he admits he was using drugs heavily.