Prisons and Prisoners – Page 8

Binance Founder Should Get Three Years in Prison, Prosecutors Say

Defense lawyers for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the crypto exchange Binance, countered that he should receive no prison time.

By David Yaffe-Bellany

Computers and the Internet Entrepreneurship Ethics and Official Misconduct Frauds and Swindling HeadSpin Inc Lachwani, Manish Prisons and Prisoners Start-ups Venture Capital

Start-Up Founder Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud

Manish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years.

By Erin Griffith

Deaths (Obituaries) Drug Abuse and Traffic Marijuana MC5 Pop and Rock Music Prisons and Prisoners Sinclair, John A White Panther Party

John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Deaths (Obituaries) False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments Lennon, John Marijuana MC5 Michigan Ono, Yoko Pop and Rock Music Prisons and Prisoners Sinclair, John A White Panther Party

John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.

By Michael S. Rosenwald