2016 – Page 50 – 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

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 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