Hong Kong court sentences university student to 6 months prison over Pillar of Shame banner – JURIST
A Hong Kong court found on Tuesday a Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) student guilty of attempting to commit sedition by obtaining a banner of The Pillar of Shame, according to... Read more »
A court in Gomel, a southeastern city in Belarus, sentenced journalist Larysa Schchyrakova to 3.5 years in prison and a fine of 3,700 rubles (US$1465) on Thursday. She was accused of violating... Read more »
Two top lawyers for the UK government, Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk and Attorney General Victoria Prentis, ordered Thursday an independent inquiry into the handling of a case in which a man was... Read more »
A watchdog report found troubling conditions at UK male youth prison Cookham Wood, where 228 weapons were found in the six months leading up to the inspection, PA News Agency reports. Over... Read more »
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal refused university student Lui Sai Yu’s appeal for a one-third prison sentence reduction on Tuesday, despite him having pleaded guilty to violating the National Security... Read more »
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a Missouri man has been sentenced to 240 months in prison for possession with intent to sell fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. The man,... Read more »
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced this week that he expects the troubled Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women to close before he leaves office in January 2026, David Wildstein reports for... Read more »
An attorney representing political activist Ahmed Douma took to social media Saturday to announce the activist’s release, made possible by a presidential pardon. Douma had endured a decade of incarceration within the... Read more »
Working tirelessly to free her brother from prison inspired Janis Puracal’s Forensic Justice Project
(Photo of Janis C. Puracal by Michael Schmitt/ABA Journal) “Two years of pure hell.” This is how Forensic Justice Project executive director and attorney Janis C. Puracal describes the fight to free... Read more »
Former South African president Jacob Zuma was reportedly released from prison on Friday after incumbent South African president Cyril Ramaphosa approved a remission (i.e. early release) of non-violent offenders. Zuma was sentenced... Read more »