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A court on Monday convicted seven Indian former employees of U.S. chemical firm Union Carbide of negligence and sentenced them to two years in jail over the world's worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984.

The Supreme Court ruled today the federal government can keep some sex offenders behind bars indefinitely after they have served their sentences.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional sentences of life in prison without possible release for juveniles who commit a crime other than murder.

An Argentine man jailed over suspicions he fathered seven children with his daughter has died, prison officials say.

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were booked into the Santa Barbara County, California, jail Monday after they showed up for a hearing on accusations that they defrauded an innkeeper and failed to pay a hotel bill.

The last leader of Argentina’s dictatorship got 25 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people in a clandestine concentration camp.

Champion Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero is found dead in a police cell after being arrested for killing his wife.

Undefeated boxer Edwin Valero arrested in Venezuela after his wife's body found in a hotel room.

US businessman Tom Petters is sentenced by a federal judge to 50 years in prison for his role in a $3.7bn fraud.

A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant....