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Convicted rapist and ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is one of two prisoners who has tested positive for the coronavirus in New York's correctional facility. Officials claim Weinstein was probably carrying the virus when he was transferred there from Rikers. He is currently in isolation in a maximum-security prison in New York.

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India has hanged four men who were convicted of raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012. Hundreds of people gathered outside the prison to celebrate the execution. They were initially sentenced to death in 2013 in a fast track court and all of their pleas were rejected.

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Lawyers representing ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, have asked that the judge takes into consideration his health and age while sentencing him for his rape conviction. The lawyer has said that Weinstein should only be sentenced for five years in prison instead of the maximum 29. He is currently being kept at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York.

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The trial against the men accused of downing a Malaysian Airlines plane in Ukraine has begun in Amsterdam although the suspects remain in Russia and will not attend. Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in the event and will likely not extradite the accused. The trial will take place over the next two weeks.

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