October 2016 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Police Confirm False Checkpoint Targeting Euthanasia Supporters Part of Investigation

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

NEW ZEALAND – A false police checkpoint set up by police to target euthanasia supporters is part of a police investigation into a suspected assisted suicide, police have confirmed. Paul Basham, Wellington Acting District Commander, […]

Vatican’s Argentina Archives Ready to be Shown to Victims of Dictatorship Crimes

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Vatican and Argentina’s bishops have finished cataloguing their archives from the country’s dictatorship era, and will soon make them available to victims and their relatives who have long accused the church of complicity with the […]

Arkansas Supreme Court Cites Signature Issues – Disqualifies Medical Pot Plan

October 27, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Arkansas’ top court disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot. The court cited problems with signatures gathered by canvassers in its ruling that said supporters didn’t comply with laws regarding registration and reporting […]

Austrian newspaper editor faces hate crime

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Christoph Biro, the editor of one of Austria’s largest newspapers, Kronen Zeitung, could be tried for a hate crime over a commentary he wrote about the migrant crisis last year. Biro called the majority of […]

Man’s killing of wife and daughter ‘calculated’

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

LINCOLNSHIRE – Lance Hart, 57, killed his wife Claire, 50, and daughter Charlotte, 19, outside the Castle Sports Complex, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 19 July. He shot the pair with a single-barrel shotgun before turning […]

Man Claimed to be Decorated Marine – Sent to Prison in Stolen Valor Case

October 27, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

READING, Pa. Judge Paul Yatron sentenced Shane Sperow to 21 months to five years in prison followed by three years of probation. His charges included unsworn falsification to authorities and probation violations for prior convictions […]

Human Rights Activist, Salah Khawaja, Arrested During Pre-dawn Raid in Ramallah

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A prominent Palestinian human rights activist, Salah Khawaja, was arrested 26 October following a pre-dawn raid by Israeli troops. Khawaja was detained after twenty soldiers stormed Khawaja’s flat in the old town of Ramallah. Under […]

Man in court over suspect North Greenwich Tube device

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

19-year-old Damon Smith has today appeared in court charged with making an explosive substance after a suspect device was found on a London Underground train. He is accused of unlawfully and maliciously making or having […]

History of the Infamous Newgate Prison, London

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

THE Old Bailey was built on the site of the old Newgate Prison, which dated back to the 12th Century. The area has been the scene of floggings, mutilations, pressings (if a defendant refused to […]

The UK Judicial System Explained

October 27, 2016 zoshinuk 0

THE criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales is described as adversarial. This means that two parties (defence and prosecution) contest the facts of a case in front of a court. The two parties […]

Human Rights

Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

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A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

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Month: October 2016

Police Confirm False Checkpoint Targeting Euthanasia Supporters Part of Investigation

Vatican’s Argentina Archives Ready to be Shown to Victims of Dictatorship Crimes

Arkansas Supreme Court Cites Signature Issues – Disqualifies Medical Pot Plan

Austrian newspaper editor faces hate crime

Man’s killing of wife and daughter ‘calculated’

Man Claimed to be Decorated Marine – Sent to Prison in Stolen Valor Case

Human Rights Activist, Salah Khawaja, Arrested During Pre-dawn Raid in Ramallah

Man in court over suspect North Greenwich Tube device

History of the Infamous Newgate Prison, London

The UK Judicial System Explained