December 2016 – Page 16 – World Justice News

Ex-soldier who investigated child porn in military slams $25K ‘shut up and go away’ money

December 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Paul Stemmler, a retired corporal, was cut loose two years early and offered a $25,000 cheque for what Canada’s top general even deemed to be “inappropriate” treatment, according to a recent Federal Court ruling on […]

Sherri Papini: WTH Happened?

December 5, 2016 1313ujamaa 0

By now, you are probably familiar with the case of missing California woman, Sherri Papini, and I must say this one has me intrigued. From ABC News: Missing California Mom Found Alive After Captor Abandons […]

Men sentenced for horse-whipping abuse of boy, 10

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Caleb Hutton chutton@bhamherald.com WASHINGTON – Two men from rural Whatcom County must serve jail time for abusing a child for not doing his chores: they forced him to run for hours on a steep […]

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Peter Wagner and Bernadette Rabuy Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most people in state and federal prisons locked up for drug offenses? […]

Trial opens in 2015 slaying of FAU student

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Almost a year after Florida Atlantic University sophomore Nicholas Acosta was robbed and shot to death off-campus in Boca Raton, a trial began Monday for a classmate accused of fully participating in the crimes. Prosecutors […]

Yule not getaway! Slow police chase tries to stop Santa’s sleigh – but Rudolph refuses to comply.

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Dashing down the road in a one-man open sleigh, these two fancy-dressed jokers landed themselves on the police’s naughty list. The footage was filmed in Elderslie, Scotland, and shows someone in a reindeer costume dragging […]

Breakthrough in the case of British child abducted from Australian beach in 1970

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Australian police have announced a major breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann-style disappearance of a British three-year-old girl who was abducted in 1970. Cheryl Grimmer was just three when she vanished from outside a beach shower […]

101 year old man becomes the oldest defendant in British legal history to go on trial

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A 101-year-old man went on trial today accused of carrying out a catalogue of historical child sex offences in a workshop and the cab of his delivery lorry. Ralph Clarke – thought to be the […]

Ross Harris Sentenced To Life Without Parole Plus 32 years Served Consecutively

December 5, 2016 World Justice News 0

Justin Ross Harris was today sentenced to life without parole plus 32 years served consecutively for murdering his young son by leaving him in a hot car. Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark carried out the […]

Dakota Pipeline Victory For Standing Rock Tribe

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By David Mack The US Army Corps of Engineers on Sunday announced they will no longer allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under a river near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota. This […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]

World Justice News

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Month: December 2016

Ex-soldier who investigated child porn in military slams $25K ‘shut up and go away’ money

Sherri Papini: WTH Happened?

Men sentenced for horse-whipping abuse of boy, 10

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016

Trial opens in 2015 slaying of FAU student

Yule not getaway! Slow police chase tries to stop Santa’s sleigh – but Rudolph refuses to comply.

Breakthrough in the case of British child abducted from Australian beach in 1970

101 year old man becomes the oldest defendant in British legal history to go on trial

Ross Harris Sentenced To Life Without Parole Plus 32 years Served Consecutively

Dakota Pipeline Victory For Standing Rock Tribe