March 2017 – Page 7 – World Justice News

Government defends 10-year sentence plan for copyright infringers

March 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has hit back at a campaign against new government measures to increase the sentence for online copyright infringement to 10 years. The government’s Digital Economy Bill aims to standardise the […]

Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing

March 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Judges will be required to give greater consideration to the welfare of black and minority ethnic (BAME) children being sentenced as part of new guidance that echoes the lord chancellor’s desire to cut reoffending rates. […]

‘Robot lawyer’ that overturned 160,000 parking tickets now helping refugees

March 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A chat bot that helped overturn 160,000 parking tickets is now giving free legal aid to asylum-seeking refugees through Facebook. DoNotPay, which has been dubbed the world’s first robot lawyer, was created by London-born Stanford […]

UK backpacker ‘raped repeatedly’ over two months in Australia

March 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A British backpacker was allegedly raped, assaulted and choked during a two-month hostage ordeal in Australia. The woman, 22, was subjected to attacks in locations across the vast state of Queensland, police say. The ordeal […]

Death row inmate Patrick Leonard commits suicide

March 6, 2017 World Justice News 0

Inmate Patrick Leonard died Sunday night of an apparent suicide on death row in Chillicothe, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said in an email to The Associated Press. Leonard, 47, who did not […]

Oklahoma Pawnee Nation sues oil companies in tribal court over earthquakes

March 6, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma-based Native American tribe filed a lawsuit in its own tribal court system Friday accusing several oil companies of triggering the state’s largest earthquake that caused extensive damage to some near-century-old […]

Ukraine brings Russia before the Court of Justice in The Hague

March 6, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Ukraine launches today its case against Russia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, when judges begin hearing Kiev’s request to order Moscow to halt support for pro-Russian separatists. Ukraine launched the […]

Troadec case: Brother-in-law admits murdering missing family of four

March 6, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A relative of a French family of four who have been missing since mid-February has admitted killing them, media reports say. Pascal Troadec’s former brother-in-law, named as Hubert C, reportedly told investigators he had killed […]

Arkansas Is About to Execute 8 People Over the Course of 10 Days

March 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

It’s been 11 years since the last execution in Arkansas took place. Now they’re about to make history by expediting the deaths of 8 men over a period of 10 days, a rate never seen […]

US ‘Dreamer’ Daniela Vargas ‘facing deportation’ after speech

March 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A 22-year-old woman brought illegally to the US from Argentina at the age of seven has been arrested after speaking about her plight at a meeting. Daniela Vargas was detained in Jackson, Mississippi, and could […]

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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 […]

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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

Month: March 2017

Government defends 10-year sentence plan for copyright infringers

Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing

‘Robot lawyer’ that overturned 160,000 parking tickets now helping refugees

UK backpacker ‘raped repeatedly’ over two months in Australia

Death row inmate Patrick Leonard commits suicide

Oklahoma Pawnee Nation sues oil companies in tribal court over earthquakes

Ukraine brings Russia before the Court of Justice in The Hague

Troadec case: Brother-in-law admits murdering missing family of four

Arkansas Is About to Execute 8 People Over the Course of 10 Days

US ‘Dreamer’ Daniela Vargas ‘facing deportation’ after speech