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Nigerian kidnapping kingpin ‘Evans’ sentenced to life

February 26, 2022 World Justice News 0

Nigerian kidnapping kingpin Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, widely known as “Evans”, has been sentenced to life in prison. A judge in Lagos also sentenced two co-defendants to life for abducting businessman Donatus Dunu in 2017. The CEO […]

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Ex-police officers guilty in George Floyd death

February 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Three ex-Minneapolis policemen present at the death of George Floyd denied the unarmed black man of his civil rights, a jury has found. The officers were charged with showing “deliberate indifference to [Mr Floyd’s] serious […]

Nkosana Makate
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Nkosana Makate: The South African set to make millions from Vodacom

February 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

South African Nkosana Makate’s 14-year court battle against a huge corporate opponent is testimony to the idea that it is sometimes worth fighting on, as he is now in line for a pay-out worth millions […]

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Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

In 2018, Watch Tower filed for a DMCA subpoena that would’ve required YouTube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos. When that stalled, Watch Tower filed […]

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Queensland man dies after allegedly having leg sawn off

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly sawing another man’s leg off in north-eastern Australia. A man, 66, died in a park in Innisfail, Far North Queensland, early on Saturday after being found […]

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Graham Potter: One of Australia’s most wanted men nabbed after 12-year hunt

February 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

Australian police have arrested one of the country’s most wanted fugitives following a 12-year manhunt. Graham Potter, 64, had been on the run since 2010 after he failed to show up to court to face […]

Diana and Jonathan Toebbe
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Maryland couple plead guilty in nuclear secrets plot

February 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US Navy engineer’s wife has pleaded guilty to helping her husband try to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country. Diana Toebbe, 46, acted as a lookout while her husband left information […]

Kim Potter sentencing
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Ex-police officer Kim Potter jailed for killing Daunte Wright

February 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A veteran former Minnesota police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison over the fatal shooting of a black motorist last April. In December, a jury convicted Kim Potter, 49, of manslaughter after […]

Maha al-Mutairi
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Kuwait overturns law criminalising ‘imitation of opposite sex’

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Kuwait’s constitutional court has overturned a law that criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex” and was used to prosecute transgender people. The Gulf state’s parliament amended Article 198 of the penal code in 2007 to […]

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Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police in Ottawa have detained two leaders of the trucker convoy in the Canadian capital as they move to break up the last stronghold of the protests against the nation’s Covid rules. Tamara Lich was […]

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