Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot St Lucian accountant Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018, has been granted parole after serving seven years of her ten-year sentence, prompting criticism from Jean’s family and legal representatives.
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A Massachusetts judge has rejected a bid to acquit Lindsay Clancy, the American mother accused of murdering her three children. The ruling comes after a jury deadlocked, with eleven jurors favoring acquittal on grounds of insanity but one juror convinced of her guilt.
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A Guyanese labourer has begun a three-year prison sentence after authorities executed a conviction warrant for cannabis trafficking. The man had been sentenced in absentia after failing to appear in court.
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Defence attorneys across Jamaica will withdraw legal services from criminal courts on Monday, escalating their dispute with the government over mandatory minimum sentences in firearms legislation.
Defence attorneys in Jamaica staged a silent protest outside the Supreme Court, demanding a review of mandatory minimum sentencing laws they say prevent judges from fairly assessing individual cases and circumstances.
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Harvey Weinstein, the former film producer at the centre of the #MeToo movement, has been resentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a production assistant in 2006, according to reporting from AFP via Jamaica Observer.
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A Barbados High Court has suspended the prison sentence of a Foursquare Valley man convicted of trafficking and importing more than 56 kilogrammes of cannabis in two separate operations during 2012 and 2013.
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A Haynesville driller has been granted bail after pleading not guilty to criminal damage charges related to a vehicle incident earlier this month.
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A rape accused in Barbados has remained on remand after a magistrate rejected his bid to have charges dismissed, citing the need to uphold justice for the complainant.
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