Russia Sentences American Reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 Years in Prison
A Russian court handed down the ruling on Friday. The Wall Street Journal Journalist Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security prison on espionage charges. Gershkovich, 32, was arrested during a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg, Russia, in March 2023. He was held for more than a year before the Russian government […]
Russian regime convicts and sentences WSJ reporter on trumped-up spying charges
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in a Russian court on Friday and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Gershkovich is the first American journalist to be arrested in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War. according to The 32-year-old man’s trial began on June 26 and was “concluded swiftly,” […]
Russia sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years
A Russian court has handed down its verdict against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after more than a year of trial. The court found the 32-year-old Gershkovich guilty of “collecting secret information” while covering a trip to the Ural Mountain city of Yekaterinburg. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Wall Street Journal […]
Russia sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years after a brief spying trial the US rejected as a sham
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich He was convicted of espionage on Friday and sentenced to 16 years in prison, charges his employer and the United States deny as trumped up. The conclusion of his swift and secretive trial in the country’s highly politicized justice system likely paved the way for […]
Poll compares whether Trump, Hunter Biden should get prison sentences, according to US adults
Comparing President Trump and Hunter Biden, who were each convicted in criminal trials, a new poll finds that Americans are divided on whether President Trump should receive prison time. In a survey of 1,088 U.S. adults conducted June 20-24 by the AP-NORC Center for Public Policy Research, 48% of adults said Trump, who was convicted […]
Italy court upholds convictions of 2 Americans in killing of Italian police officer, reduces sentences
An Italian appeals court has upheld the convictions of two American men for the 2019 killing of an Italian police officer in Rome during a botched drug deal, but reduced their sentences. Lee Elder Finnegan and Gabriele Natale Hjort were convicted at new trials after an Italian high court overturned their convictions in March. After […]
Pakistan Sentences Christian to Death for ‘Blasphemous’ TikTok Post
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a young Christian, Ehsan Shan, to death for allegedly reposting blasphemous images of a desecrated Quran on social media. Shan is share “Blaithy content” was posted on the social media site TikTok and deemed to be a provocation to the anti-Christian mob violence that erupted in Jaranwala in […]
Judge Sentences Former Reality TV Champion Over Child Sex Crime Charges
Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb sentenced former “American Ninja Warrior” champion, Drew Drechsel, to over 10 years in prison for committing multiple child sex crimes. The United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey confirmed the details of the sentencing in a press release, June 26. The former competitor was sentenced “for receiving” […]
Judge Sentences Pastor Who Stole Three Churches
A jury convicted Texas pastor Whitney Foster of stealing from three churches worth more than $800,000, and a judge sentenced Foster to 35 years in prison, according to Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot’s office. Foster was the pastor of the True Foundation, a non-denominational church in Dallas that had no physical building in which […]
Ex-cop Nicholas Tartaglione gets 4 life sentences in quadruple murder
A former NYPD officer who was once Jeffrey Epstein’s cellmate will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murders of four men after a federal judge slammed him for caring more about animals than the victims he murdered. Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, was sentenced to four life sentences for orchestrating the kidnapping and […]