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The Star
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Russian court adds extra year to sentence of US citizen jailed for attacking law enforcement, RIA says
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a sentence for attacking a police officer and is accused of assaulting a prison official, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Vladimir Lavrov/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday added an extra year to the sentence of Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and ex-Marine imprisoned in Russia for repeatedly assaulting law enforcement officers and a prison official, state news agency RIA reported. RIA cited the press service of the court in Voronezh, the southern Russian city where Gilman is incarcerated, as saying that an extra year had been added to his sentence, which it said is now eight years and one month. RIA did not give a reason for the extra year being added. Neither Gilman nor his legal team could be reached for comment. In October 2024, Gilman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator while imprisoned for a 2022 drunken assault on a police officer, for which he received a 3.5 year sentence. During his second trial, RIA cited Gilman as telling the court that he had been forced to use violence after the prison inspector had caused pain to his genitalia and after the investigator had insulted his father. Russian media have previously cited Gilman's lawyers as saying that he originally came to Russia to study and obtain citizenship. Gilman is one of around 10 U.S. nationals behind bars in Russia. A prisoner swap earlier this month freed Kseniya Karelina, a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and Los Angeles spa worker, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for treason for donating just over $50 to a New York-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light, Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Reuters
24-04-2025
- Reuters
Russian court adds extra year to sentence of US citizen jailed for attacking law enforcement, RIA says
MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday added an extra year to the sentence of Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and ex-Marine imprisoned in Russia for repeatedly assaulting law enforcement officers and a prison official, state news agency RIA reported. RIA cited the press service of the court in Voronezh, the southern Russian city where Gilman is incarcerated, as saying that an extra year had been added to his sentence, which it said is now eight years and one month. RIA did not give a reason for the extra year being added. Neither Gilman nor his legal team could be reached for comment. In October 2024, Gilman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator while imprisoned for a 2022 drunken assault on a police officer, for which he received a 3.5 year sentence. During his second trial, RIA cited Gilman as telling the court that he had been forced to use violence after the prison inspector had caused pain to his genitalia and after the investigator had insulted his father. Russian media have previously cited Gilman's lawyers as saying that he originally came to Russia to study and obtain citizenship. Gilman is one of around 10 U.S. nationals behind bars in Russia. A prisoner swap earlier this month freed Kseniya Karelina, a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and Los Angeles spa worker, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for treason for donating just over $50 to a New York-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine.
Straits Times
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Russian court adds extra year to sentence of US citizen jailed for attacking law enforcement, RIA says
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a sentence for attacking a police officer and is accused of assaulting a prison official, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Vladimir Lavrov/File Photo Russian court adds extra year to sentence of US citizen jailed for attacking law enforcement, RIA says MOSCOW - A Russian court on Thursday added an extra year to the sentence of Robert Gilman, a U.S. citizen and ex-Marine imprisoned in Russia for repeatedly assaulting law enforcement officers and a prison official, state news agency RIA reported. RIA cited the press service of the court in Voronezh, the southern Russian city where Gilman is incarcerated, as saying that an extra year had been added to his sentence, which it said is now eight years and one month. RIA did not give a reason for the extra year being added. Neither Gilman nor his legal team could be reached for comment. In October 2024, Gilman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator while imprisoned for a 2022 drunken assault on a police officer, for which he received a 3.5 year sentence. During his second trial, RIA cited Gilman as telling the court that he had been forced to use violence after the prison inspector had caused pain to his genitalia and after the investigator had insulted his father. Russian media have previously cited Gilman's lawyers as saying that he originally came to Russia to study and obtain citizenship. Gilman is one of around 10 U.S. nationals behind bars in Russia. A prisoner swap earlier this month freed Kseniya Karelina, a dual Russian-U.S. citizen and Los Angeles spa worker, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for treason for donating just over $50 to a New York-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Yahoo
Mangione attorneys: Restrain AG Bondi from speaking about him, death penalty
Luigi Mangione's attorneys want a federal judge to restrain Attorney General Pamela Bondi from making statements that could prejudice a jury against the Towson native charged with murdering a health insurance executive, a crime she has said deserves the death penalty. 'We seek the Court's intervention only to prevent seating a grand jury whose members have been infected with the Attorney General's improper comments,' Mangione's lawyers wrote Wednesday to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos. Bondi has issued a press release, posted on Instagram and spoken on Fox News about the case and her intent to seek the death penalty against the 26-year-old for the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan. Lawyers for Mangione, the 2016 Gilman valedictorian and member of a prominent Baltimore-area family, have accused Bondi of politicizing the case, noting her announcement that she was seeking the death penalty to 'carry out President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.' Bondi also spoke about Mangione on Fox News on April 6, saying, 'I tried death penalty cases throughout my career. If there was ever a death case, this is one. This guy is charged with hunting down a CEO, a father of two, a married man. Hunting him down and executing him.' The defense team said such statements refer to Mangione as if he's already been tried and convicted, when he hasn't even been indicted federally yet. He is currently facing state charges, but New York does not have the death penalty as a possible punishment. The case has drawn widespread attention, with some considering Mangione an outlaw hero who shares their anger over the health insurance industry. A crowdsourced defense fund is approaching its $1 million goal. 'The Attorney General, in all of her statements, never mentioned the small matter of the presumption of innocence or even that Luigi Mangione has yet to be indicted on federal charges,' his lawyers wrote this week. 'These statements would be damaging in any case. However, in a death penalty case, it is critical that the Court exercise its inherent authority to ensure Mr. Mangione's rights are protected because, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized, the death penalty is categorically distinct from other situations and requires heightened protections.' Mangione's lawyers asked that potential grand jurors be questioned on whether they have heard Bondi's statements. They are also seeking any documents Bondi may have been provided as part of her consideration of the evidence in the case, as well and any communications between 'a government official and anyone advocating for the death sentence, or any particular sentence, in this case by or on behalf of any business, corporate interest, lobbyist or other party, directly or indirectly.' After Bondi announced April 1 that she had directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case, Mangione's lawyers filed a motion to preclude its use. On Monday, federal prosecutors wrote Ramos that it was premature to take it off the table, noting the defense's objections could be made later. A defendant who wishes to challenge the legal propriety of the death penalty may do so at the appropriate time (after indictment) and in the appropriate forum (before the assigned District Judge who will preside over the case),' wrote Matthew Podolsky, acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Have a news tip? Contact Jean Marbella at jmarbella@ 410-332-6060, or @
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Southeast US to face a continued risk of severe weather this weekend
Yet another weekend featuring impactful storms is on the agenda for locations across the Gulf coast and Southeast, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. Through the remainder of the weekend and into the start of the workweek, the risk for severe hazards ranging from flash flooding, tornadoes, hail and damaging wind gusts will persist across a region that has recently been inundated by flooding downpours and robust storms. "Ample and persistent moisture from the Gulf will provide one of the necessary ingredients for severe weather. As moisture combines with a dynamic system in the upper levels of the atmosphere, it will provide the necessary lift and shear to produce an environment conducive for damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes, some of which can be strong Saturday afternoon and evening," explained AccuWeather Meteorologist Grady Gilman. "The greatest threat for severe storms, including the risk for numerous and even destructive tornadoes, will lie across north central Louisiana into southeastern Arkansas and western Mississippi during the afternoon and evening on Saturday. This includes portions of I-20, I-49 and I-55 and cities like Alexandria, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi," noted Gilman. Saturday night, some tornadoes can even develop under the cover of darkness across the Mississippi Valley, which poses an even more dangerous situation for those not awake and aware of the the app? Unlock AccuWeather Alerts™ with Premium+ Gilman added that tornadoes can also occur farther north across the mid-Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys, including in areas that are experiencing significant, life-threatening flash flooding. Since midweek, numerous locations across western Kentucky have already recorded upwards of 10 inches of rain as of Saturday morning, submerging cars and leaving roadways impassable. Threat continues on Sunday in the Southeast "Although not as conducive as Saturday's environment, there will still be plenty of juice left in the atmosphere to pose a moderate risk for severe weather on Sunday across the Southeast, including the major Atlanta metro. Flooding downpours, damaging winds and hail will be the primary threats, but tornadoes will once again be possible," warned Gilman. Localized damaging wind gusts between Sunday and Sunday night are expected to range upwards of 60 mph within storms, and can even approach the AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 75 mph in the most robust thunderstorms. Higher population centers from Mobile, Alabama, and Tallahassee, Florida, on northward to Montgomery, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, to Atlanta, will all face the risk of being impacted by drenching thunderstorms as the day goes on. As the main line of storms advance eastward across the Southeast on Sunday, there can even be rain and thunderstorms with severe characteristics that reach as far north as Virginia, forecasters warn. Rain and showers are still expected to extend into surrounding areas of West Virginia, southern Pennsylvania and areas of the mid-Atlantic region, with thunder likely into southeast Pennsylvania and central New Jersey. Additional thunderstorms along the Southeast coast Monday While thunderstorms that continue to push eastward on Monday to the coast of the Carolinas and through northern Florida can still be disruptive, they are not projected to rise to the same magnitude of storms over the weekend. "The system loses steam into Monday but will still be present as the front moves eastwards, threats will mainly be in the form of heavy downpours and isolated damaging wind gusts. The threat for storms will be confined to the Southeast coast into Florida's northern peninsula," highlighted Gilman. Beyond Monday, forecasters say that much of the Central U.S. and East will finally catch a break in terms of rounds of severe weather and flooding. While a brief stretch of calmer weather is much needed, the recovery time from storm cleanup and high river levels across the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys can extend on the order of weeks rather than days. Want next-level safety, ad-free? Unlock advanced, hyperlocal severe weather alerts when you subscribe to Premium+ on the AccuWeather app. AccuWeather Alerts™ are prompted by our expert meteorologists who monitor and analyze dangerous weather risks 24/7 to keep you and your family safer.
