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.
South Korean court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to jail for bribery by Unification Church
Prosecution indicts convicted sex offender for repeated violations of supervision order
Two terrorists convicted of 2024 Jerusalem car ramming attack sentenced to 28 years in prison
Iranian court confirms French-Iranian academic's 5-year sentence
Iran does not recognise dual nationality and has rejected France's calls to free the 60-year-old anthropologist detained since June 2019, saying the case is an Iranian domestic legal matter.
Convicted Israeli Nati Hadad returns to Israel to complete sentence
Hadad was arrested and imprisoned in Thailand in July 2017 for operating an illegal medical clinic and sentenced in 2018 to four years imprisonment.
Bernie Madoff's early release request rejected by federal judge
'When I sentenced Mr. Madoff in 2009, it was fully my intent that he live out the rest of his life in prison. Nothing has happened in the 11 years since to change my thinking.'
Jewish prisoners in Michigan to get certified kosher meals
The settlement of the lawsuit backed by the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union was reached over the weekend.
Israeli man gets life in prison for sodomy, murder, 21 years after grisly crime
In January, Nahmani was convicted of murder and sodomy but was acquitted of rape, 21 years after the crime and having been unidentified as the murderer during most of that period.
Malaysian citizen jailed for insulting Islam on social media
The sentence is believed to be the harshest such penalty on record in the Muslim-majority country, where concerns over racial and religious tensions have grown in recent months.
Disgraced former Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger set for early release from prison
Metzger started serving his sentence in May 2017 following a plea bargain with the state prosecution.
Palestinian minor who killed Israeli in supermarket gets 35 years prison
Sgt.Tuvia Yania Weissman was stabbed to death in February 2016 at the Rami Levi supermarket
U.N.-Cambodia convicts two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders of genocide
Nuon Chea, 92, and former President Khieu Samphan, 87, were guilty of genocide against the Cham Muslim minority and Vietnamese people, and of various crimes against humanity.
High court keeps pressure on state to release prisoners, make cells larger
The decision will place intense pressure on the entire police force and the prison system so that cell space will become compliant with international standards.