2016 – Page 78 – World Justice News

Brad Pitt Voluntarily Submits Drug Test!

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

The procedure is considered “very standard” by the Department of Child and Family Services. Brad Pitt has voluntarily completed drug testing for the Department of Children and Family Services, People confirmed Wednesday. The actor is […]

Sam Allardyce, Was it entrapment?

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

England boss Sam Allardyce has said “entrapment has won” after newspaper allegations led to him stepping down as manager of the national side. Allardyce left in disgrace after just 67 days after The Daily Telegraph […]

Steven Avery Gets Engaged!

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Congratulations are in order to Steven Avery, the Wisconsin prisoner whose (possibly wrongful) conviction for murder was documented in the Netflix docuseries, Making A Murderer. No, his attorney Kathleen Zellner hasn’t exonerated him for the […]

‘Killer Clowns’: Inside the Terrifying Hoax Sweeping America

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

Arriving home from work one day, a mother is greeted by her son who’s been anxiously waiting to tell her about the clowns he heard whispering in the woods near their apartment complex. Initially she […]

Man sparks security alert with pie!

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 1

A Wiganer heading on holiday was astonished to be stopped at airport security … due to the juices in his pork pie! Norman Pearson from Ince was about to fly out to the Spanish resort […]

Appeal continues for Halifax officer demoted for excessive force

September 20, 2016 goattank 0

A hearing continued Tuesday for Halifax Regional Police Const. Matthew MacGillivray, who is appealing a demotion from the rank of sergeant to constable. The police force’s complaints commission found MacGillivray used excessive force, was discourteous and acted discreditably […]

Canadian legal profession resists cameras in court

September 18, 2016 goattank 0

In what was probably the most watched moment in a criminal trial in Canadian history. Justice Denny Thomas read his reasons for finding Travis Vader guilty of second degree murder as more than 100,000 people watched […]

Travis Vader Wants Judge to Declare Mistrial

September 16, 2016 1313ujamaa 0

After filing notice to appeal with the Alberta Court of Appeal, Travis Vader’s lawyers sent a letter on Friday to Justice Denny Thomas, asking Thomas to declare a mistrial and set aside Vader’s second-degree murder convictions. […]

Mother Arrested for Marrying Daughter

September 8, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A mother has been arrested for allegedly marrying her daughter some eight years after marrying her own son. Patricia Spann, 43, wed 25-year-old Misty Spann in March this year in Oklahoma, court records show. Police say the […]

Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A sentence could be handed down Wednesday for the final man who admitted to abusing children in a small Manitoba town. The Old Order Mennonite man was one of five charged in an investigation involving […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2016

Brad Pitt Voluntarily Submits Drug Test!

Sam Allardyce, Was it entrapment?

Steven Avery Gets Engaged!

‘Killer Clowns’: Inside the Terrifying Hoax Sweeping America

Man sparks security alert with pie!

Appeal continues for Halifax officer demoted for excessive force

Canadian legal profession resists cameras in court

Travis Vader Wants Judge to Declare Mistrial

Mother Arrested for Marrying Daughter

Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case