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Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world’ ...

The lawyer who defended 'the worst mass paedophile who has ever lived' has died in an apparent suicide, a prosecutor has said ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keith Humphreys, professor at Stanford, about the falling prison population in the U.S., and the reasons behind that trend.

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Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw were dubbed Ireland's first serial killers after fleeing from England with a plan to rape and ...

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A London PhD student exposed as serial rapist who drugged his victims and filmed the sickening attacks as trophies has been jailed for life. Zhenhao Zou, 28, preyed on women on dating apps and social ...

Worst hiding spot ever: /NSFW/Nope/Don’t open/You were Warned/ Child sex abuse imagery leads to 5 years in prison.

A French surgeon described as "the worst mass paedophile who ever lived" and an "atomic bomb" of child abuse was today sentenced to two decades in prison for raping scores of youngsters over three ...

Britain’s most dangerous prisoners could face a US-style “supermax” prison regime after a string of violent attacks on officers. Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, has ordered a review ...