The Assad regime’s formidable half-century-long grip on Syria has come to an end, in a stunning defeat by opposition insurgents who seized control of Damascus on Sunday after more than 13 years of civil war. Russia, one of the Assad regime’s key allies, is now scrambling to ensure the security of its military bases in … Read more
A 17-year-old sentenced to life in prison for attacking two sleeping students and a teacher at a private school with hammers may have his name named after a judge lifted restrictions on the publication of his identity. Thomas Wei Huang was armed with three hammers and waited until the two children were asleep before attacking … Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry. She crossed under a patchwork of pipes and ducts to the far back corner of the basement, as she had done many times before. That, she said, is where correctional officer James … Read more
Concerns are growing about the health of Xu Zhiyong, China's most prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer, who is believed to have been on hunger strike for almost a month. Xu, an academic and leading figure in China's embattled civil rights movement, began his hunger strike on October 4. according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an … Read more
Lil Durk He's holding up despite his recent arrest for murder-for-hire… and sources tell us his only complaint is about the food inside. Sources with direct knowledge tell us that the Grammy-winning rapper, who is currently locked up at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, says he is in “very good spirits” as he goes … Read more
tThe daughter of a weak woman who took her own life in prison after being left without clean underwear for 10 days and being denied phone calls to her loved ones, has called for urgent reform of England's justice system. A jury at Avon coroner's court concluded last week that Eastwood Park prison in Gloucestershire … Read more
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Pictures Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez The two found partners while serving their individual life sentences following a high-profile murder case. The Menendez brothers were arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder after their parents, José and Kitty, were found shot to death in their home. In two trials, … Read more
Genaro García Luna, the official who for several years led Mexico's fight against the country's violent drug trafficking, was sentenced to more than 38 years in prison in the United States for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at a hearing in federal … Read more
In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no official higher ranking than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. He is not as infamous as Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel who is now serving a life sentence. It has no nickname or Netflix series. But … Read more