Jail deaths articles
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Ontario coroner calls inquest into eight inmate deaths at London jail
By: Randy Richmond LONDON, ONT. — The province has called a group inquest into the deaths of eight Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) inmates. The deaths occurred from 2017 to 2021, but no date has been released for what will be the largest EMDC-related coroner’s inquest to date. The inquest will examine the deaths of: Raymond […]
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Forced abortion: Diemen man faces 16 years in jail for Brazilian girlfriend’s death
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended 16 years in prison and mandatory treatment in a TBS psychiatric facility against 52-year-old Dennis van E. for the murder of his unborn child and the fatal abuse of his girlfriend, the mother of the boy, by forcing her to endure a dangerous home abortion method.
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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was jailed after he called out the Islamic Republic. Now he's facing the death penalty
Rapper Toomaj Salehi is facing the death penalty for using his music to draw attention to the actions of the Iranian government. Now artists and activists from around the world are trying to save him.