2016 – Page 23 – World Justice News

Judge mulls jury visiting crime scene in Slager trial

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

By BRUCE SMITH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge is considering whether jurors will visit the spot where a white former South Carolina police officer is accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man in […]

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 […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2016

Judge mulls jury visiting crime scene in Slager trial

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