Specialist courts focused on breaking the addictions of prolific offenders are “efficient” and “a good idea”, the head of the government’s sentencing review has said as he suggested they could be rolled out across England and Wales. In an interview with the Guardian, David Gauke praised “very encouraging” pilots of intensive supervision courts which steer … Read more
“Gun control is dead,” reads one message on Deterrence Dispensed, an online forum dedicated to 3D-printed firearms. “I’ve never been more proud of this community”, says another. Ever since it was revealed that Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man charged with the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, had been arrested carrying a homemade weapon, … Read more
Oregon investigators have relaunched an intensive cold case probe of a 75-year-old convicted killer in the suspected murder of at least five young women stretching back 50 years. The Clark County team is reexaming blood and hair collected at various scenes using more sohisticated forensics techniques than existed when the teenagers women were killed. Suspect … Read more
Police say they expect to charge a man who was the subject of an apprehended violence order with murder, after the body of a woman was found in a south-west Sydney apartment in a “very violent scene”. Emergency services were called to a unit on Knox Street in Belmore on Wednesday morning, where they found … Read more
South Korean police have raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his role in declaring martial law last week – a move that plunged Asia’s fourth-biggest economy into crisis and caused alarm among its allies. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the search on Wednesday was part of an attempt by law enforcement … Read more
South Korea’s former defence minister, who is accused of playing a lead role in the president’s failed imposition of martial law, has tried to commit suicide in police custody. Shin Yong-hae, commissioner general of the Korea Correctional Service, told parliament that Kim Mr tried to kill himself at a detention centre in Seoul. Mr Shin … Read more
NFL star Joe Burrow’s home was broken into while he was in Texas for a Monday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys, with the burglary discovered by swimsuit model Olivia Ponton. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office stated that Ponton, an IMG model and influencer discovered the break-in when she arrived at the residence, according … Read more
The Government has said it will build four new prisons within the next seven years in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) promised to find a total of 14,000 cell spaces in jails by 2031. Some 6,400 of these will be at newly built prisons, with £2.3 billion towards … Read more
A police squad set up to stem the rising tide of shoplifting has arrested 93 members of organised crime gangs behind retail theft in seven months. Operation Pegasus has “impacted 28 organised crime groups and high-harm individuals” responsible for more than £4 million in losses to businesses, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said. Official … Read more
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin prosecutors filed 10 additional felony charges Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump who allegedly advised Trump in 2020 to falsely claim he won the state’s election as part of a “fake elector” scheme. Jim Troupis, who was Trump’s attorney in Wisconsin, Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who … Read more