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 […]
DOJ sentences elderly pro-life activist to prison over 2020 incident
An elderly Massachusetts woman was recently sentenced to prison following a pro-life demonstration at an abortion clinic in 2020. Paula “Paulette” Harlow, 75, of Kingston, was sentenced to two years in prison on May 31 for her involvement with pro-life activists who disrupted an abortion clinic in October 2020. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office […]
Federal Court Sentences 75-Year-Old Pro-Life Protester To Two Years In Prison For Role In Abortion Clinic Blockade
Pro-life activist Paulette Harlow, 75, from Kingston, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in a 2020 blockade at a Washington, D.C. abortion clinic, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Harlow was convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and for felony conspiracy following a […]
Kurds Protest Across Turkey as Court Sentences Presidential Hopeful to 42 Years in Prison
Kurdish citizens staged protests across Turkey after a court sentenced Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and two-time presidential candidate, to 42 years in prison. . To quell Kurdish anger, authorities in 20 states banned demonstrations, social gatherings and public events for four days. Demirtas, 51, has been in prison […]
Turkey sentences pro-Kurdish politicians to lengthy prison terms over deadly 2014 riots
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled against several pro-Kurdish protesters over a deadly 2014 uprising by Kurds angered by what they saw as government inaction against Islamic State militants who besieged the Syrian border town of Kobani. The politician was sentenced to 9 to 42 years in prison. Three days of clashes in October 2014 […]
Iran Sentences Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to Eight Years in Prison
The Islamic Republic of Iran sentenced filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to eight years in prison just before the film’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Rasourov’s lawyer Babak Paknia shared with X that his client was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court. His punishments include flogging, fines, and confiscation of property. […]
Iran sentences award-winning director to prison ahead of Cannes
Award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and caning, just before he was scheduled to attend the Cannes Film Festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, best known for his role in the film “There Is No Evil,” is part of a growing crackdown on […]
A military court sentences 8 Congolese army soldiers to death for cowardice, other crimes
A military tribunal in eastern Congo on Friday charged soldiers with indecency and other charges related to fleeing the battlefield, as the government struggles to contain violence and attacks in the mineral-rich region where many armed groups operate. Eight people were sentenced to death. In March, Congo lifted a moratorium on the death penalty that […]