Vance Boelter, already serving life sentences federally, made his initial state court appearance for charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
Yachua Mauricio Flores, 23, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $253,415 in restitution for his role in a violent anti-ICE protest on a Los Angeles freeway overpass in June 2025.
A 38-year-old Singaporean man was sentenced to 21 years in jail and 16 strokes of the cane for sexually exploiting his 13-year-old niece, including statutory rape and sexual assault, over several incidents.
Four former Hong Kong warehouse workers have been sentenced to up to seven years in jail for conspiring to steal over 800 unsold Chanel handbags and wallets, valued at HK$8.7 million, from a Tsing Yi warehouse between 2016 and 2017.
A former Hong Kong Correctional Services Department officer, Tam Lik-chung, was sentenced to three years in jail for severely wounding an inmate at Pik Uk Prison on December 26, 2023. Tam repeatedly assaulted the victim with a stick, causing rectal bleeding, and then tried to cover up the crime by asking the inmate to lie.
Family of a Dalit teenager, Niti Jatav, abducted in 2007 to prevent her testimony in a rape case, learned from TOI that five accused received life sentences for kidnapping, 19 years after her disappearance. The family expressed relief but also sorrow over their significant losses, including their daughter and father.
Police released two ransom notes six months after Nancy Guthrie's January abduction from her Arizona home, hoping "distinct linguistic characteristics" will help identify the kidnappers. One note demanded Bitcoin, while the other claimed she died shortly after being taken.
West African countries, including Senegal, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, are increasing anti-LGBTQ+ laws, with Ghana passing a similar bill. This trend is driven by local political opportunism, military juntas, and international conservative groups, leading to severe impacts on the LGBTQ+ community and hindering HIV prevention efforts.
Despite drug kingpin Kazem Hamad receiving a life sentence in Iraq, his 313 syndicate's violent black market operations persist in Australia, expanding beyond tobacco. Police continue to make arrests in Victoria, but the cartel's lieutenants and new enforcers maintain its activities, posing ongoing challenges for law enforcement.
A Sri Lankan court sentenced former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara and ex-Defence Ministry Secretary Hemasiri Fernando to death for criminal negligence in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 260. They plan to appeal the 2-1 High Court decision.
Sweden has implemented a new law introducing tougher penalties for gang-related offenses, allowing courts to impose prison sentences up to double the previous maximum, effective Saturday, as the country addresses rising organized crime.
Delvonne Johnson, 32, of East Hollywood, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison and ordered to pay $64,148 restitution to FEMA for fraudulently obtaining federal disaster-relief funds by falsely claiming property damage during the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires.
Colin Gray, father of a teenager who killed four people at Apalachee High School in Georgia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder and manslaughter. Prosecutors argued he ignored warning signs and gifted his son the rifle used in the 2024 attack.
Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala was released after the Constitutional Court overturned his 15-year money laundering sentence linked to the Odebrecht scandal, citing that the conduct was not legally defined as such when contributions were received.
Dan Sohail, a New Jersey man, was sentenced to six months and a week in prison for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn. The judge cited Sohail's mental health issues, declining a stiffer sentence sought by prosecutors who initially viewed it as a hate crime.
Robert Bush, a funeral director jailed for 20 years in Hull for 67 offences including denying proper burials and selling fake funeral plans, has had his assets frozen. Prosecutors are seeking to confiscate proceeds of his crimes to compensate victims, revealing he stole millions and lived lavishly.
Edward Gene Smith, 50, a former Citigroup managing director, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes and receiving child pornography. His defense attributed his actions to autism, which prosecutors deemed 'inflammatory nonsense'.
A Berlin court sentences a 32-year-old Chinese medical student to 5 years for aiding aggravated rape, leaving victims and observers, including a Chinese student named Kristina, with mixed emotions over the leniency of the sentence and differing legal approaches between Germany and China.
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Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise, accused of same-sex activity under Uganda's anti-LGBTQ+ laws, were acquitted after five months in prison in Arua City. Their case highlights ongoing fear and discrimination for LGBTQ+ Ugandans despite the charges being dropped.
South Korea's defense ministry disciplined former senior officers, including dismissing two commanders, for the 2023 death of Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun during a flood rescue without safety gear. Separately, a special counsel requested a five-year prison sentence for former 1st Marine Division commander Lim Seong-geun in an appeals trial.
American singer Chris Brown admitted attacking music producer Abraham Diaw with a bottle at London's Tape club in February 2023, pleading guilty to affray. He will be sentenced in October, having been arrested in May 2025.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, jailed for life for murdering three children, has been transferred from Belmarsh prison to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. Victims' families and prison officers accuse him of "manipulating the system," raising concerns about patient freedoms and the lack of psychological care for surviving victims.
Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise were discharged after five months in a Ugandan prison, accused of same-sex activity under the Anti-Homosexuality Act. Their case was discontinued, but they face ongoing trauma, social stigma, and threats from the community.
