April 2017 – Page 6 – World Justice News

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif survives corruption ruling

April 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove Nawaz Sharif from the role of prime minister. It instead ordered a further investigation into money transfers. Questions arose over the business […]

Halal meat turkey fraud pair jailed

April 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

Two men have each been jailed for five years after passing off turkey mince as halal lamb to butchers and restaurants they supplied. Mahmudur Rohman, 46, and Kamal Rahman, 54, both from Peterborough, were convicted […]

TV presenter cleared of assault

April 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

TV presenter Chris Packham has said he has been cleared of assault as he filmed a documentary on illegal bird trapping on the island of Gozo. Packham, 55, appeared in a Maltese court on Thursday […]

Russia preparing to increase its war on blocked sites

April 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

Russia is planning to ban VPNs and Proxies that unblock blocked sites in its war on blocked sites. The Russian government is preparing to scale-up its war on blocked sites by hitting services that provide […]

Epic Drug Lab Scandal Results in More Than 20,000 Convictions Dropped

April 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Jon Schuppe A mass dismissal of wrongful convictions ─ perhaps the biggest ever ─ unfolded in a Boston courthouse on Tuesday, as prosecutors in seven Massachusetts counties dropped more than 21,000 low-level drug cases […]

Aaron Hernandez kills himself in prison

April 19, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in prison Wednesday morning, the Department of Correction said. According to a statement from the department, the former New England Patriots star was discovered hanging in his cell at the Souza […]

N.Y. man sentenced to at least 25 years in 1979 case of missing boy Etan Patz

April 19, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

NEW YORK — Almost four decades after first-grader Etan Patz set out for school and ended up at the heart of one of America’s most influential missing-child cases, a former store clerk convicted of killing him […]

‘Facebook killer’ Steve Stephens found dead after car chase

April 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

Police say a man suspected of randomly shooting a grandfather on an Ohio street and posting video of the killing to Facebook has taken his own life. Pennsylvania State Police tweeted that Steve Stephens was […]

North Korea denies human-rights abuses inside crackpot Kim’s brutal prison camp network

April 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By SIMON OSBORNE NORTH Korea has denied detaining political dissidents and insisted its notorious prison camps and brutal human-rights abuses were nothing more than fabrications by the West. A recent Amnesty International report found crackpot […]

Polygamy trial set to begin for Winston Blackmore, accused of marrying 24 times

April 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By Geordon Omand, Winston Blackmore of Bountiful is accused of having two dozen wives over a 25-year period. The legal fight dates back to the early 1990s when police first investigated allegations that residents of […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

Human Rights

UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 0

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]

Human Rights

Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

August 30, 2026 0

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: April 2017

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif survives corruption ruling

Halal meat turkey fraud pair jailed

TV presenter cleared of assault

Russia preparing to increase its war on blocked sites

Epic Drug Lab Scandal Results in More Than 20,000 Convictions Dropped

Aaron Hernandez kills himself in prison

N.Y. man sentenced to at least 25 years in 1979 case of missing boy Etan Patz

‘Facebook killer’ Steve Stephens found dead after car chase

North Korea denies human-rights abuses inside crackpot Kim’s brutal prison camp network

Polygamy trial set to begin for Winston Blackmore, accused of marrying 24 times