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• Prisons plan could add 2,600 places in England and Wales amid overcrowding

  13-10-2023 18:54
  
  Portable buildings and extension of electronic tagging expected to be part of package to be announced next weekPrisoners in England and Wales could be moved into portable buildings or released early as part of a huge extension of the electronic tagging scheme, as the justice secretary considers creative measures to solve the overcrowding crisis.Alex Chalk KC is expected to reveal a package of measures on Monday that could add 2,600 prison places across the estate, the Guardian understands. Conti
  
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• UN torture expert accuses private firms of making ever more cruel instruments

  13-10-2023 16:21
  
  Special rapporteur Alice Edwards presents UN general assembly with list of 20 items she wants to see bannedThe United Nation’s top official on torture has accused private manufacturers of developing ever more cruel ways to inflict pain in crowd control and individual restraint equipment, and called for an international ban on the multibillion-dollar trade in some common instruments of torture.Alice Jill Edwards, the special rapporteur on torture, has presented the UN general assembly with
  
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• West Northants Cabinet approve Youth Justice Plan - West Northamptonshire Council

  13-10-2023 15:56 via news.google.com
  
  West Northants Cabinet approve Youth Justice Plan  West Northamptonshire Council
  
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• ‘Revenge on my mind’: Somerset gunman was fascinated with mass killers

  13-10-2023 14:09
  
  Reed Wischhusen seemed to be law-abiding citizen until police found ‘revenge plan’ inspired by Columbine and Dunblane attacksOutwardly Reed Wischhusen lived a quiet, ordinary life, caring for his father, Alan, at their scruffy semi in the Somerset village of Wick St Lawrence and working nightshifts in a budget supermarket’s warehouse near Bristol.On his Facebook page, Wischhusen, 32, described himself as “down to earth and very shy”, a lover of 80s and 90s music and
  
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• ‘Revenge on my mind’: Somerset man jailed for firearms offences was fascinated with mass killers

  13-10-2023 13:34
  
  Reed Wischhusen seemed to be a law-abiding citizen until police found ‘revenge plan’ inspired by Columbine and Dunblane attacksOutwardly Reed Wischhusen lived a quiet, ordinary life, caring for his father, Alan, at their scruffy semi in the Somerset village of Wick St Lawrence and working nightshifts in a budget supermarket’s warehouse near Bristol.On his Facebook page, Wischhusen, 32, described himself as “down to earth and very shy”, a lover of 80s and 90s music a
  
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• Sexual misconduct in NHS hospitals is 'virtually decriminalised ... - thejusticegap.com

  13-10-2023 10:24 via news.google.com
  
  Sexual misconduct in NHS hospitals is 'virtually decriminalised ...  thejusticegap.com
  
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• GMB welcomes important first step towards Birmingham pay justice - GMB Union

  13-10-2023 10:14 via news.google.com
  
  GMB welcomes important first step towards Birmingham pay justice  GMB Union
  
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• Irthlingborough woman jailed for perverting the course of justice ... - Northamptonshire Police

  13-10-2023 09:47 via news.google.com
  Irthlingborough woman jailed for perverting the course of justice ...  Northamptonshire Police
  
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• Supreme Court rejects PIL challenging Bombay High Court Chief Justice appointment for not using 'I' in oath - Bar & Bench - Indian Legal News

  13-10-2023 09:38 via news.google.com
  Supreme Court rejects PIL challenging Bombay High Court Chief Justice appointment for not using 'I' in oath  Bar & Bench - Indian Legal News
  
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• Pakistan priest demands justice following anti-Christian rampage - Crux Now

  13-10-2023 09:06 via news.google.com
  
  Pakistan priest demands justice following anti-Christian rampage  Crux Now
  
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• China calls lack of justice for Palestinians 'crux' of conflict - Nikkei Asia

  13-10-2023 09:06 via news.google.com
  
  China calls lack of justice for Palestinians 'crux' of conflict  Nikkei Asia
  
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• Justice Department Releases First-Ever Comprehensive ... - Department of Justice

  13-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Justice Department Releases First-Ever Comprehensive ...  Department of Justice
  
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• Qatar takes part in meeting of GCC Ministers of Justice - ZAWYA

  13-10-2023 08:38 via news.google.com
  
  Qatar takes part in meeting of GCC Ministers of Justice  ZAWYA
  
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• Minister seeks justice for lady who died after pushing from car - Guardian Nigeria

  13-10-2023 08:33 via news.google.com
  Minister seeks justice for lady who died after pushing from car  Guardian Nigeria
  
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• Justice Minister to announce age limit increase to 50 for new gardaí - TheJournal.ie

  13-10-2023 07:06 via news.google.com
  
  Justice Minister to announce age limit increase to 50 for new gardaí  TheJournal.ie
  
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• Bolanle Raheem: Has justice been served? - Tribune Online

  13-10-2023 07:05 via news.google.com
  
  Bolanle Raheem: Has justice been served?  Tribune Online
  
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• What to read: Japanese magical realism and the question of justice - Sydney Morning Herald

  13-10-2023 07:00 via news.google.com
  What to read: Japanese magical realism and the question of justice  Sydney Morning Herald
  
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• Sewage in rivers, crumbling schools – what next? No room in prisons for rapists and burglars | Gaby Hinsliff

  13-10-2023 07:00
  
  Even as our underfunded, overcrowded jails run out of places, politicians push the myth that longer sentences make us saferDon’t send criminals to jail, because the jails are already full to bursting.It almost beggars belief that judges were offered this advice at a private meeting last week with Lord Justice Edis, the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, but ministers tellingly won’t deny the reports. Accustomed as we all are by now to things feeling broken, from the trains
  
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• Guam's Chief Justice Torres honored at National Judicial College's ... - KUAM.com

  13-10-2023 06:56 via news.google.com
  
  Guam's Chief Justice Torres honored at National Judicial College's ...  KUAM.com
  
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• Judge stays effort to seize Justice-owned helicopter - Parkersburg News

  13-10-2023 06:26 via news.google.com
  
  Judge stays effort to seize Justice-owned helicopter  Parkersburg News
  
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• Stoner family calls for justice in 1987 killing as Fred Cain makes second court appearance - CBS News

  13-10-2023 06:25 via news.google.com
  Stoner family calls for justice in 1987 killing as Fred Cain makes second court appearance  CBS News
  
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• Opinion: CT, create a commission to study pretrial justice reform - The Connecticut Mirror

  13-10-2023 06:01 via news.google.com
  
  Opinion: CT, create a commission to study pretrial justice reform  The Connecticut Mirror
  
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• Parent's search for 'justice' after daughter, 13, viciously 'attacked' in Hertford park - Herts Live

  13-10-2023 06:00 via news.google.com
  Parent's search for 'justice' after daughter, 13, viciously 'attacked' in Hertford park  Herts Live
  
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• Gazette-Mail editorial: Jim Justice and the great copter caper - Charleston Gazette-Mail

  13-10-2023 06:00 via news.google.com
  Gazette-Mail editorial: Jim Justice and the great copter caper  Charleston Gazette-Mail
  
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• Justice Ritu Bahri to be acting CJ of Punjab and Haryana high court - Hindustan Times

  13-10-2023 05:54 via news.google.com
  Justice Ritu Bahri to be acting CJ of Punjab and Haryana high court  Hindustan Times
  
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• I See A Great Future In Legal Profession In This Country: Justice Aniruddha Bose - Live Law - Indian Legal News

  13-10-2023 05:30 via news.google.com
  I See A Great Future In Legal Profession In This Country: Justice Aniruddha Bose  Live Law - Indian Legal News
  
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• Indiana State Police superintendent calls for sweeping criminal ... - WISH TV Indianapolis, IN

  13-10-2023 05:25 via news.google.com
  
  Indiana State Police superintendent calls for sweeping criminal ...  WISH TV Indianapolis, IN
  
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• Michigan prosecutors face staffing crisis with repercussions for ... - Detroit News

  13-10-2023 05:21 via news.google.com
  Michigan prosecutors face staffing crisis with repercussions for ...  Detroit News
  
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• The world is grieving. The only healing from our collective grief is ... - Women's Agenda

  13-10-2023 03:59 via news.google.com
  
  The world is grieving. The only healing from our collective grief is ...  Women's Agenda
  
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• Election 2023: The crime and justice policies in two minutes - The Spinoff

  13-10-2023 03:00 via news.google.com
  
  Election 2023: The crime and justice policies in two minutes  The Spinoff
  
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• Calls for justice: Mothers of Randy King and Harrison Olvey speak out after arrest - FOX 5 Atlanta

  13-10-2023 02:53 via news.google.com
  Calls for justice: Mothers of Randy King and Harrison Olvey speak out after arrest  FOX 5 Atlanta
  
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• Mother seeks justice and closure in the murder of her only daughter - KLFY

  13-10-2023 02:40 via news.google.com
  Mother seeks justice and closure in the murder of her only daughter  KLFY
  
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• Justice at Mountaintop Beverage | | wvnews.com - WV News

  13-10-2023 02:31 via news.google.com
  
  Justice at Mountaintop Beverage | | wvnews.com  WV News
  
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• Justice at Mylan | | wvnews.com - WV News

  13-10-2023 02:27 via news.google.com
  
  Justice at Mylan | | wvnews.com  WV News
  
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• Bipartisan effort underway to combat opioid epidemic, bring fairness ... - gophouse.org

  13-10-2023 00:57 via news.google.com
  
  Bipartisan effort underway to combat opioid epidemic, bring fairness ...  gophouse.org
  
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• Middle Georgia Justice to hold 5th annual A Taste for Justice fundraising event - wgxa.tv

  13-10-2023 00:39 via news.google.com
  Middle Georgia Justice to hold 5th annual A Taste for Justice fundraising event  wgxa.tv
  
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• 15 Most Unexpected Jobs Justice League Heroes Had in DC Lore - Screen Rant

  13-10-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  15 Most Unexpected Jobs Justice League Heroes Had in DC Lore  Screen Rant
  
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• Solano court staff protest delays in justice - Vallejo Times-Herald

  13-10-2023 00:12 via news.google.com
  Solano court staff protest delays in justice  Vallejo Times-Herald
  
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• Shelby Co. Justice Review Unit receives nearly $527K grant to support post-conviction advocacy, DA’s Office announces - Action News 5

  13-10-2023 00:02 via news.google.com
  Shelby Co. Justice Review Unit receives nearly $527K grant to support post-conviction advocacy, DA’s Office announces  Action News 5
  
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