November 2016 – Page 3 – World Justice News

US High Court To Examine Mental Disability, Death Penalty Issue

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

BY MICHAEL GRACZYK, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation’s busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who’s intellectually […]

Jury Selection to Continue Monday in Church Shooting Trial

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Roshanda Pratt and associated press Charleston, SC (WLTX)- Jury selection will continue in the federal case against Dylann Roof on trial for fatally shooting nine churchgoers at a Charleston church last year. Twenty-two-year-old Dylann Roof […]

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law

November 27, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law BEN BIRCHALL/REUTERS Britain’s Parliament has passed a controversial spy bill allowing authorities to store and access the Internet browsing history of everyone in the country. The Investigatory […]

Football sex abuse scandal: Top clubs ‘made secret payments to keep victims quiet’

November 26, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Robert Mendick, chief reporter Ben Rumsby Top football clubs made secret payments to buy the silence of young players sexually abused by coaches, The Telegraph can disclose, as the growing scandal threatened to engulf the […]

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Has Died

November 26, 2016 World Justice News 0

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90 after a long battle with illness. The revolutionary leader’s death at 10.29pm on Friday was announced on state television by his brother and current […]

Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out

November 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

LONDON – Former English soccer players who were subjected to years of sexual abuse by youth team coaches entrusted with their care are breaking cover to expose the game’s dark secrets. Harrowing stories of assaults […]

Hacker faces more prison time than rapists

November 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A Kentucky man who, in 2012, hacked into an online account for followers of a Ohio high school’s football team to expose a gang rape of a teenage girl has pleaded guilty to charges associated […]

UPDATE: Dylan Roof Competent To Stand Trial

November 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A federal judge has ruled Dylan Roof, the man accused of shooting and killing nine people at a South Carolina church, will stand trial. After a two day hearing, a judge found Dylan Roof is […]

Arrests after massive wildfires in Israel

November 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

ISRAEL – Police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of arson after wildfires tore through Israel, causing thousands to be evacuated from homes. The arrests came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency and […]

Body parts found in graves in Mexico village

November 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

MEXICO – Mexican authorities have exhumed 32 bodies (31 men and 1 woman) and nine heads from hidden graves in a village famous for its drug cartel turf wars, Pochahuixco, part of the municipality of […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: November 2016

US High Court To Examine Mental Disability, Death Penalty Issue

Jury Selection to Continue Monday in Church Shooting Trial

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law

Football sex abuse scandal: Top clubs ‘made secret payments to keep victims quiet’

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Has Died

Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out

Hacker faces more prison time than rapists

UPDATE: Dylan Roof Competent To Stand Trial

Arrests after massive wildfires in Israel

Body parts found in graves in Mexico village