September 2016 – Page 2 – World Justice News

Mother Arrested for Marrying Daughter

September 8, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A mother has been arrested for allegedly marrying her daughter some eight years after marrying her own son. Patricia Spann, 43, wed 25-year-old Misty Spann in March this year in Oklahoma, court records show. Police say the […]

Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A sentence could be handed down Wednesday for the final man who admitted to abusing children in a small Manitoba town. The Old Order Mennonite man was one of five charged in an investigation involving […]

Football Star Who Sat With Autistic Boy Returns With Surprise

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 1

Bo Paske became famous overnight when a school security officer at his middle school snapped a photo of Travis Rudolph sitting across from him at a lunch table. Rudolph, who is a wide receiver for the […]

Oregon Ranching Standoff Trial To Start

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Jury selection begins in Portland today for the trial of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and six others. They are charged with conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threats or force in the seizure of Malheur […]

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers could ask a judge on Tuesday to throw out two key pieces of evidence in the sexual misconduct case against him. One is a deposition the entertainer gave in […]

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Greece – Prosecutor Stamatis Daskalopoulos has asked for Olympiakos’s boss Vangelis Marinakis to stand trial over charges of establishing a criminal gang and match-fixing. Marinakis is one of dozens to be implicated in the case. Daskalopoulos […]

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Malta – A man has been sentenced to six months in jail for attempting to use someone else’s passport. Mansour Muftah, 28, from Tajoura in north-western Libya claimed that he didn’t know it was unlawful to use […]

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Britain’s most notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting his followers to support Islamic State terrorists. The 49-year-old lawyer turned radical cleric swore allegiance to the caliphate leader Abu […]

Canadian Justice Robin Camp on trial for his job

September 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Justice Robin Camp goes on trial Tuesday after asking an alleged rape victim why she did not keep her knees closed against her attacker. This is one of several comments he made which are cited in allegations […]

After Supreme Court Ordered Retrial – Man Convicted of Manslaughter

September 5, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Ameen Jogee, who was ordered to be retried for the murder of an ex-policeman, has been convicted of manslaughter. In 2012 Jogee was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years under the “joint enterprise” […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]

World Justice News

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Month: September 2016

Mother Arrested for Marrying Daughter

Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case

Football Star Who Sat With Autistic Boy Returns With Surprise

Oregon Ranching Standoff Trial To Start

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State

Canadian Justice Robin Camp on trial for his job

After Supreme Court Ordered Retrial – Man Convicted of Manslaughter