West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court to challenge a Delhi High Court decision allowing the early release of Md Rashid Khan, convicted in the 1993 Bowbazar blast case. Khan has served over 33 years, and the state's Sentence Review Board opposed his release.
Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters, convicted for breaching security protocols and promoting election conspiracy theories, will be released from prison early after Governor Polis commuted her sentence. The decision, influenced by Donald Trump, has drawn criticism from the Secretary of State.
Former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem faces criticism after 12 of 19 convicts granted early release without standard review were charged with new crimes, including drug possession and domestic violence.
In a submission to a UN court, Ratko Mladić's lawyers say he has suffered a serious medical incident and should be released from The Hague on humanitarian grounds.
Brazil’s Congress on Thursday overturned President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s veto of a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of his arch-rival Jair Bolsonaro, the second major defeat for Lula in as many days. Former president Bolsonaro, 71, was sentenced last year to 27 years behind bars for coup plotting over his attempt to cling to power after losing the 2022 election to Lula. The left-wing Lula had attempted to block a subsequent push by the conservative-majority Congress to reduce...
