2016 – Page 79 – World Justice News

Football Star Who Sat With Autistic Boy Returns With Surprise

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 1

Bo Paske became famous overnight when a school security officer at his middle school snapped a photo of Travis Rudolph sitting across from him at a lunch table. Rudolph, who is a wide receiver for the […]

Oregon Ranching Standoff Trial To Start

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Jury selection begins in Portland today for the trial of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and six others. They are charged with conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threats or force in the seizure of Malheur […]

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers could ask a judge on Tuesday to throw out two key pieces of evidence in the sexual misconduct case against him. One is a deposition the entertainer gave in […]

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Greece – Prosecutor Stamatis Daskalopoulos has asked for Olympiakos’s boss Vangelis Marinakis to stand trial over charges of establishing a criminal gang and match-fixing. Marinakis is one of dozens to be implicated in the case. Daskalopoulos […]

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Malta – A man has been sentenced to six months in jail for attempting to use someone else’s passport. Mansour Muftah, 28, from Tajoura in north-western Libya claimed that he didn’t know it was unlawful to use […]

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

Britain’s most notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting his followers to support Islamic State terrorists. The 49-year-old lawyer turned radical cleric swore allegiance to the caliphate leader Abu […]

Canadian Justice Robin Camp on trial for his job

September 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Justice Robin Camp goes on trial Tuesday after asking an alleged rape victim why she did not keep her knees closed against her attacker. This is one of several comments he made which are cited in allegations […]

After Supreme Court Ordered Retrial – Man Convicted of Manslaughter

September 5, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Ameen Jogee, who was ordered to be retried for the murder of an ex-policeman, has been convicted of manslaughter. In 2012 Jogee was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years under the “joint enterprise” […]

Dennis Oland’s lawyers file Supreme Court bail appeal

September 3, 2016 World Justice News 0

Dennis Oland’s lawyers intend to argue that granting the New Brunswick businessman bail while he appeals his second-degree murder conviction would not undermine public confidence in the justice system. They argue the public would see his […]

Royal Marine reservist charged with possessing a sawn-off shotgun, 1,400 rounds and seven high explosive grenades

September 3, 2016 World Justice News 0

Martin Shannon, 43, of Hythe in Southampton and a Royal Marine reservist, has appeared in court charged with firearms offences – including alleged possession of seven grenades. The serving Royal Marine reservist was charged with offences […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2016

Football Star Who Sat With Autistic Boy Returns With Surprise

Oregon Ranching Standoff Trial To Start

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State

Canadian Justice Robin Camp on trial for his job

After Supreme Court Ordered Retrial – Man Convicted of Manslaughter

Dennis Oland’s lawyers file Supreme Court bail appeal

Royal Marine reservist charged with possessing a sawn-off shotgun, 1,400 rounds and seven high explosive grenades