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Mitzi Bickers, a pastor, political operative and former high-ranking Atlanta city official, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of charges stemming from a long-running federal investigation into corruption at City Hall.

Josh Duggar was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on Wednesday, May 25. The Sun reports Duggar had no reaction when the sentence was announced.

Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski, who says he has lost count of the criminal charges against him, was released from his most recent bout in prison on March 30 after spending 51 days in confinement. 

John Earnest (22) was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison for killing a woman and injuring three others in a shooting at a Southern California synagogue in 2019.

The story of being a convicted murderer who embraced an evangelical faith behind bars is common in the Argentine prisons of Santa Fe province and its capital city of Rosario.

Despite the elimination of most prison visitations for many months of the COVID-19 pandemic, some religious higher education institutions have found ways to keep their prison education programs connected with prisoners.

Maryland pastor Rudolph Brooks Jr., has been charged with fraudulently obtaining $1.5 million in Payback Protection Program (PPP) loans. He allegedly used PPP money to purchase 39 cars, one of which was a 2018 Model 3 Tesla that cost $60k.

In a culture so focused on dismissing people who have made mistakes, the Church has an opportunity to reflect something very different—forgiveness and second chances.