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1. Biden grants clemency to 1,500 individuals and pardons 39

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-grants-clemency-to-1-500-individuals-and-pardons-39

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, marking one of the largest single-day uses of presidential clemency in modern history....

2. Biden breaks promise to Americans and pardons son

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-breaks-promise-to-americans-and-pardons-son

President Joe Biden has stirred significant controversy by granting a full and unconditional pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, despite his previous assurance that he would not intervene in his son’s legal troubles....

3. Trump faces indictment over 2020 election

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-faces-indictment-over-2020-election

Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol, with the Justice Department acting to hold him accountable for an unprecedented effort to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power and threaten American democracy....

4. British teen gets suspended sentence

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uproar-ahead-of-ayia-napa-sentencing

A British teen was handed down a four-month suspended sentence after a Cypriot judge found her guilty of fabricating rape claims against Israeli youths in Ayia Napa last summer...

5. High-stakes rape verdict turns political

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-stakes-rape-verdict-turns-political

A prominent attorney in Cyprus says the British teen convicted of fabricating rape allegations should get a presidential pardon, while an experienced human rights lawyer says there is solid ground for an appeal...

6. Convicted rapist’s ‘fatherly affection’ appeal flops

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/convicted-rapist-s-‘fatherly-affection-appeal-flops

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal this week from a man convicted of raping his 17-year-old step-daughter, citing a complete lack of basis in some of his arguments...

7. ENT doctors slapped with new charges

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ent-doctors-slapped-with-new-charges

A second case of corruption involving ENT doctors is taking place, following new evidence that came forth during a recent trial...

8. Sex offender fined for flipping the bird

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-offender-fined-for-flipping-the-bird

A pardoned sex offender has been fined €700 for flipping off the parents of his victim after getting out early...

9. Child molester bill heads to Cabinet

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/child-molester-bill-heads-to-cabinet

A new tough bill on sex offenders is in the works that would give judges more leeway in setting terms for convicted child molesters who get out of jail, including where they can live and whether they can access online porn...

10. Pardoned sex offender ordered to go on the list

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pardoned-sex-offender-order-to-go-on-the-list

The convicted sex offender, whose early release last month caused a public backlash, has been order to go on a special registry for at least three years...

11. Cops snatch pardoned sex offender

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-snatch-pardoned-sex-offender

A convicted sex offender, whose release by presidential pardon in early September sparked social debate, is once again behind bars after police went to search for explosives and discovered camera violations in his residence...

12. ECHR rules against Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/echr-rules-against-cyprus

The European Court of Human Rights upheld a complaint against Cyprus with four votes in favour and three against, where a Polish inmate accused the state of inhumane treatment....

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