Prison sentence

Jerusalem court sentences man who posed as single in relationships with twelve women

The court determined that Fraiser’s actions constituted a single continuous criminal episode, with the defendant facing 20 to 36 months in prison.

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FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.

Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

China orders retrial for Canadian on death row after Canada ties improve

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Prosecution appeals sentence in killing of teen Lital Yael Melnick, seeks harsher conviction


Raising the bars - inside Israel's high security prisons

Nafha Prison’s deputy warden Yariv Cohen, who is in charge of many security prisoners and terrorists, talks of life in jail from his perspective.

Nafha Prison’s deputy warden Yariv Cohen

A Bible and a cell: A new life for Jakarta's former Christian governor

A grim new life for Jakarta's former high-flying governor following his conviction for insulting Islam in Muslim-majority Indonesia.

Jakarta's first non-Muslim governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama raises his hand as he arrives at the Cipinang prison in Jakarta, Indonesia May 9

Israeli lawyer sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for smuggling for Hamas

Arab citizen smuggled letters and contraband between the group's leaders in Gaza and security prisoners

PALESTINIANS WALK near the Israel-Gaza border inside Gaza, where Hamas still holds Israeli citizens.

Strike Out

If the strike is successful, it could conceivably boost the standing of Barghouti’s Fatah in its ongoing rivalry with Hamas, but Barghouti still has the rest of his life to serve in prison.

Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti

L’heure de la sentence

Le soldat Elor Azaria a été condamné à une peine de 18 mois de prison

Le soldat Elor Azaria entouré de sa famille

Prisoner, or HOSTAGE

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Nakba Day attack truck driver sentenced to life

Court sentences truck driver who killed a man, wounded 17 others in the Tel Aviv attack to life imprisonment and additional 40 years.

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Porcupine predator to be jailed

Man sentenced to seven months in prison for illegal possession of portions of a protected wild animal.

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Anat Kamm appeals prison sentence to Supreme Court

Former IDF secretary tells court her four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for serious espionage crimes is "too harsh."

Anat Kamm stands inside a courtroom in Tel Aviv 311 (R)

Anat Kamm appeals prison sentence to Supreme Court

In her appeal, Kamm asks the court to delay the start of her prison term, saying the sentence was disproportionate.

Anat Kamm stands inside a courtroom in Tel Aviv 311 (R)