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  • Husband of US journalist jailed in Russia appeals for her release

    This wasn’t how Pavel Butorin expected to celebrate the anniversary of 21 years together with his wife, with her in a Russian prison and barely any communication available. Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva — who works as an editor for Radio Free Europe, funded by the U.S. government — has been detained in Russia for almost…

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  • A dangerous prisoner is being hunted by police after a mistake meant he was released from jail just months into a nine-year sentence. Ralston Dodd, 25, was jailed in November after he admitted stabbing a man three times in the back following an argument in north London. Ralston Dodd Credit: Met Police Anyone who may know…

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  • A 70-year-old man has been charged with robbing a bank in Kansas City for a reason anyone would find unreasonable, but not for him. He sat down, thought of the consequences of engaging in robbery, weighed the option of living with an ill-tempered wife, before visiting the bank with a gun. Thank God he wasn’t shot…

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  • A Georgia truck driver who was provoked after seeing a gay couple express affection to each other, has received a 40-year jail term for his actions. The District Attorney’s spokesman said on Thursday that the accused driver poured hot water on the lovebirds while they slept. Image: File Photo Reuters reported that Martin Blackwell, 48, was convicted…

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  • Before you read this story, please understand that a life of crime doesn’t pay, and you don’t need to be in jail when there’s so much you can contribute to the society–especially to your loved ones. A skinny inmate in southwest Russia named Rustam Shakhrutdinov has proven that there’s an easy way to break out…

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