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BBC News reports that a US Senate panel has cut $33 million in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden in 2011. That's $1 million for every year of Afridi's sentence.
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A police officer in Indiana threw a 12-year-old into jail after he mistook him for his 17-year-old brother. The boy, shaken by the ordeal, shed tears. His shocked mother said: "He was holding his belt in one hand and had tears coming down his eyes."
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Democracy Now recently had an exclusive interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of the killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
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These days in the U.S.A., often children as young as 13 years old can be tried as adults and incarcerated in an adult prison. Even though these children are still not old enough to drink, vote or drive, they can still be tried and convicted as adults.
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A former sheriff who was once dubbed sheriff of the year spent Tuesday night in a jail that was named in his honor. The night marks the start of a 30-day sentence.
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With ACTA not yet completely ratified, it seems the UK is taking matters into its own hands, with SOCA "tackling the crimes"
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At least 350 people died in a fire at a jail in Honduras; the blaze started before midnight Tuesday and by 6 a.m. today more than 200 bodies have been recovered and about 60 injured taken to hospital.
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San Francisco -
For decades the Alcatraz prison has fascinated society, from its isolated location in the San Francisco Bay to its rich history and notorious inmates. However some visitors have found a new reason to be attracted to the legendary landmark.
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Swindon -
A 48-year-old teacher has been jailed for 16 months after having sex with one of his students in a classroom. Mark Westcott, originally from North Wraxall, Wiltshire, taught design and technology at a school in Bath.
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New York -
Malcolm X's youngest daughter, Malikah Shabazz, has been arrested and thrown in jail for failing to make good on a promise to pay back the $55,000 she swindled from an elderly woman. She had agreed to the payback following a plea deal.
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Jail Headlines
A software development student from York who hacked into Facebook is jailed for eight months.
Leonard Cohen's former manager is jailed for 18 months for harassing the singer-songwriter.
A scientist at the prestigious Cern laboratory is jailed for five years in France for plotting terrorist attacks.
Italian prosecutors ask for former PM Silvio Berlusconi to be jailed for five years on bribery charges.
A bus driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist down in Bristol using his bus "as a weapon" is jailed for 17 months.
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