2016 – Page 75 – World Justice News

Ex Radio 1 DJ sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Chris Denning, the former Radio 1 DJ has been sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse for abusing 11 boys, some as young as eight. The prolific paedophile, 75, used his fame to groom and […]

Iranian woman gets 6 years for writing a story never published

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

An Iranian woman has been sentenced to 6 years in prison after authorities found an unpublished story she wrote about women being stoned to death. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a female Iranian writer and human rights activist, […]

World Justice News begins a new era

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World Justice News is entering a new era. When World Justice News (WJN) was first opened, the emphasis was very much on building a community of viewers who had a joint interest in watching trials […]

Rapist released after guilty verdict, ordered to turn himself in on Monday

October 7, 2016 Kate Adan 0

Mario Lopez, 61, of Las Cruces, NM, was released on a $15,000 unsecured bond shortly after the jury announced its guilty verdict Thursday. An unsecured bond is one in which the person bonding signs an […]

Ashleigh Banfield Leaving CNN– Ending ‘Legal View’ Run

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Ashleigh Banfield has been one of my favorite newscasters since the good old days of Court TV, so it was with great sadness I learned that CNN has moved her over to the junior varsity […]

Furry Community Shocked After Gory Triple Murder

October 6, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Members of misunderstood subculture mourn loss, prepare for potential backlash On September 24th, police arrived at a Fullerton, California, home to find two children, aged six and nine, waiting for them on the porch in […]

IS amputating children’s limbs in Syrian stronghold of Raqqa

October 6, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Two families who have managed to escape the militants’ stronghold tell Sky News about the horrors they witnessed. Families who have escaped from the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa have told Sky News they witnessed […]

Jimmy Savile Makes My skin Crawl, By MariePipWJN, Editorial.

October 6, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Jimmy Savile Ohhhh!! give me a gun! I have read ton’s of stories, news articles, watched films and documentaries on Savile in the last few month’s. We the general public have endured a slew of […]

Judge Warns American tourists not to Bring Guns Across Canadian border

October 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Prosecutors say it has happened about once a week since June: American retirees, usually from the South, try to cross the Canadian border in New Brunswick with a gun – some with several guns, pepper […]

Judge’s Ruling: Former CIA Officials Can Be Questioned in Torture Case

October 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

In what human rights advocates say is a vital step for accountability, a federal judge has ordered that former CIA officials may be deposed in a lawsuit against the developers of the agency’s torture program, The order, […]

Australia

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

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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?

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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 […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2016

Ex Radio 1 DJ sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse

Iranian woman gets 6 years for writing a story never published

World Justice News begins a new era

Rapist released after guilty verdict, ordered to turn himself in on Monday

Ashleigh Banfield Leaving CNN– Ending ‘Legal View’ Run

Furry Community Shocked After Gory Triple Murder

IS amputating children’s limbs in Syrian stronghold of Raqqa

Jimmy Savile Makes My skin Crawl, By MariePipWJN, Editorial.

Judge Warns American tourists not to Bring Guns Across Canadian border

Judge’s Ruling: Former CIA Officials Can Be Questioned in Torture Case