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fromDataBreaches.Net
2 days ago

Kivimaki walks free during appeal over Vastaamo data breach - DataBreaches.Net

Aleksanteri Kivimäki, convicted of thousands of cybercrimes linked to the Vastaamo data breach, has been released from custody by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The decision followed two days of testimony from Kivimäki, who denied all charges. The court cited his prolonged pretrial detention as the reason for release. He has been in custody since February 2023. His trial will continue through November.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Bolivian opposition leader Camacho released from jail after nearly 3 years

Right-wing Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho has been released from jail after spending nearly three years in pretrial detention for his role in unrest that led to the 2019 ouster of then left-wing President Evo Morales. As the political right's momentum accelerates ahead of a presidential election run-off in October, Camacho returned to a hero's welcome in the eastern province of Santa Cruz after his release on Friday from a maximum-security prison near La Paz.
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fromPoynter
2 weeks ago

Trump seeks to end cashless bail. What is it and which states might be affected? - Poynter

President Trump issued an executive order seeking to end cashless bail and threatened to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions that maintain cashless-bail policies.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Court transfers Bolivian politician Luis Fernando Camacho to house arrest

Luis Fernando Camacho, Santa Cruz governor, was moved from prolonged pretrial detention to house arrest and released on bail with work-release conditions.
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Scoop: Trump plans executive order to end "cashless bail" in D.C.

Zoom in: Under cashless bail, a suspect doesn't need to pay money to be released from custody before trial. Trump previewed his support for ending cashless bail in D.C. earlier this month. When he announced his decision to federalize the D.C. police force, he called the policy a "disaster." Analysts say such claims aren't supported by crime statistics, which show an exceedingly small percentage of defendants are arrested for violent crimes while awaiting trial.
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fromVulture
4 months ago

Fiona Apple Releases New Song Inspired by Court Watching

Fiona Apple advocates for Black mothers affected by the cash-bail system through her song "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)."
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