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 […]
Cuba Sentences Mom to 15 Years in Prison for Filming Protest
Cuba’s communist regime this week sentenced 22-year-old Mayelin Rodríguez Prado to 15 years in prison for filming a peaceful protest in Nuvitas City in August 2022. Rodriguez Prado declared Along with a group of more than a dozen Cubans who also took part in the Nuevitas protests, they received a combined 15-year prison term, the […]
Judge Sentences Salon Owner Who Tried To Sabotage Competing Salon With Elaborate Bomb-Planting Plan
Kim Lien Vu, a 46-year-old Ohioan and salon owner, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for attempting to set fire to a competing salon, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Federal Prosecutors say that Vu had “developed animosity” toward the competing business, according to a DOJ press release. Beginning in December 2022, Vu […]
Turkish court sentences woman to life in prison for deadly Istanbul bombing
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Judge Sentences Man Who Fatally Shot NFL Star
The man who shot and killed NFL star Will Smith in 2016 was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison, the Associated Press reported. Cardel Hayes, 36, shot and killed a New Orleans Saints player after a dispute over a car accident. according to A.P. In the collision after Hayes’ truck rear-ended Smith’s car, Smith […]
Iran sentences popular rapper to death for involvement in protests, lawyer says
A popular Iranian rapper has been sentenced to death, his lawyer announced Thursday. Toumaj Salehi was sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in Isfahan, a city in central Iran that has recently been the target of Israeli attacks. Iran’s revolutionary courts often hold hearings behind closed doors, evidence is kept secret, and people on […]
Jimmy Kimmel says Biden’s Trump joke was clever ‘for a guy who can’t put two sentences together’
After President Biden joked about his rival, former President Trump’s current economic woes, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel claimed Tuesday that it was a pretty good jab for a man notorious for gaffes. “Just the other day, a guy who was about to lose came up to me and asked if I could help him,” Biden […]
Judge Sentences Former Prison Transport Guard Who Admitted To Sexually Assaulting Multiple Female Defendants
A Minnesota former prison transport officer received a 30-year sentence Tuesday after sexually assaulting several female defendants. Marquet Johnson, 45, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison following multiple incidents where he sexually assaulted female pretrial detainees under his supervision, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The sentence also includes five years of […]