Prison sentence

Prosecution appeals sentence in killing of teen Lital Yael Melnick, seeks harsher conviction

The prosecution has appealed the sentence handed to Eduard Kachura, arguing that his actions in the death of Lital Melnick should be classified as reckless killing, not negligent homicide.

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025
South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea August 12, 2025.

South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to jail for bribery by Unification Church

The law courts in Tel Aviv

Prosecution indicts convicted sex offender for repeated violations of supervision order

District Court of Jerusalem

Two terrorists convicted of 2024 Jerusalem car ramming attack sentenced to 28 years in prison


Lebanon sentences four people to prison for ties with Jews or Israel

Dr. Jamal Rifi, Amin Muhammad Mari Baydoun, Marc Charbel Tanios, and Lebanese political opponent Kinda el-Khatib were sentenced to prison for working or communicating with Jews or Israelis.

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Jordan: Ex-royal official sentenced to 15 years for plot to overthrow king

The court said it had confirmed evidence backing the charges that he had been determined to harm the monarchy by pushing former heir to the throne Prince Hamza as an alternative to the king.

JORDAN’S KING Abdullah reviews the honour guard before the opening of the second ordinary session of 17th Session of Parliament in Amman IN 2014.

Actor Moshe Ivgy sentenced to 11 months in prison for sexual assault

Monday's sentence comes after Ivgy was convicted for the sexual assault of four women and a five-and-a-half-year legal battle.

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives to the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial on suspicion of four counts of indecent assault and three offenses of sexual harassment, January 9, 2020. Photo by Flash90

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd murder

In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors from the Minnesota attorney general's office wrote that Chauvin's crime "shocked the conscience of the Nation."

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as a jury finds him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video.

Australian court rejects appeal to jail killer of Israeli student for life

A Victorian prosecutor appealed the sentence handed down to the killer for the murder in March, saying that it was "manifestly inadequate."

Arab-Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, who was murdered in Melbourne, Australia in 2019

Iranian political prisoner dies, allegedly from medical misconduct

"When you jail an innocent person for his beliefs and opposition, and he dies, this death is not an ordinary death; this is murder."

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail sentences in Fenerbahce case

Former police chief Nazmi Ardic was sentenced to 2,170 years on charges including forging documents and conspiring against the soccer club.

Soccer Football - Super Lig - Besiktas v Fenerbahce - Vodafone Park, Istanbul, Turkey - March 21, 2021 Fenerbahce's Dimitris Pelkas reacts after being shown a yellow card by referee Halil Umut Meler

Israeli bakery in San Francisco is hiring formerly incarcerated staff

“His honesty impressed me,” Yosef said. “I could see in his face that if I give him a chance, he’ll do whatever he can to prove himself"

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon June 30, 2020.

Sheldon Silver, former NY Assembly speaker, ordered back to prison

Silver, 77, was furloughed under a measure meant to control the spread of coronavirus in prison.

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Gynecologist gets 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting patients

The court filing said Schechter used a vibrating device to rate the "pleasure levels" of three women on four separate occasions. One woman reported that he using his fingers as well.

A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum