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Sean Combs case: Judge rejects Diddy’s bid to overturn felony prostitution conviction; could face 11+ years in prison

A US judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by Sean “Diddy” Combs to overturn his criminal conviction on felony prostitution-related charges, after prosecutors said the hip-hop mogul should spend more than 11 years in prison. US district judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan found “overwhelming evidence of Combs’ guilt” related to his treatment of two former […]

What We Know About Bolsonaro’s Conviction

new video loaded: What We Know About Bolsonaro’s Conviction By Ana Ionova, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Leila Medina and Laura Salaberry•September 12, 2025 Brazil’s top court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 presidential election. Ana Ionova, reporting from Brasília, explains the charges […]

Venezuela-US prisoner swap: Freed American was serving 30-year sentence for triple murder; US aware of conviction

One of the ten Americans released from Venezuela last week in a prisoner swap was a convicted killer serving a 30-year sentence, Spanish and Venezuelan officials have confirmed. Dahud Hanid Ortiz was jailed in Venezuela for the 2016 murder of three people inside a Madrid law office. As per Spanish interior minister, the 54-year-old Ortiz, […]

US politics: Minnesota senator Nicole Mitchell to resign after burglary conviction; Democrats risk losing one-seat majority

Minnesota state Senator Nicole Mitchell will be stepping down from her post by early August after being convicted on felony burglary charges, her lawyer confirmed on Monday. The Democratic lawmaker, who was found guilty last week of first-degree burglary and possessing burglary tools, will remain in office until 4 August to complete her legislative duties […]

Murder of Christian Aguilar: Pedro Bravo’s prison scheme to overturn conviction exposed; fake witnesses admit guilt after his suicide

Pedro Bravo and Christian Aguilar (Photo: X) A decade after being convicted of murdering his high school best friend, Pedro Bravo attempted to overturn his life sentence through a complex scheme involving false testimony and secret communications — a plan that ultimately ended in failure, a confession, and Bravo’s death.Bravo was serving a life sentence […]

Harvey Weinstein rape charge: New York judge declares mistrial after jury feud; conviction on Haley stands, retrial on Mann likely

A New York judge declared a mistrial Thursday on the remaining rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after a heated dispute inside the jury room prompted the jury foreperson to refuse further participation in deliberations.“Deliberations became heated to such a degree I am obligated to declare a mistrial on the one count on which you didn’t […]

Peter Sullivan’s Murder Conviction Is Quashed After 38 Years in Jail

A British man who served 38 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after forensic evidence from the crime scene was tested and found not to match his DNA. The man, Peter Sullivan, 68, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner. […]

UK court jails Ugandan judge over slavery conviction

A senior judge who worked for the United Nations as well as Uganda’s High Court has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after she was convicted of enslaving a young woman to work as a maid in the United Kingdom.The Oxford Crown Court found that Lydia Mugambe had taken “advantage of […]