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Arkansas judge who joined protest barred from execution case

April 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By ANDREW DeMILLO LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge who lay on a cot as though he were a death row inmate on a gurney after issuing an order halting Arkansas’ multiple execution plan was […]

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Two Arkansas executions stayed but other execution stays are lifted

April 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

The Arkansas’ Supreme Court has halted two executions hours before they were scheduled to take place on Monday. In a 4-3 decision, Arkansas’ highest court stayed the executions of Don Davis and Bruce Ward, who […]

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Canadian polygamy law on trial for the first time in 127 years

April 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By: Daphne Bramham It’s almost certainly going to come down to a battle over religious freedom when Canada’s 127-year-old polygamy law is tried for the first time in Canadian history.  Canada’s best-known polygamist, Winston Kaye Blackmore, […]

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Manhunt for ‘Serial’ killer who posted killing footage on Facebook

April 17, 2017 World Justice News 0

Police in Cleveland are searching for a man who fatally shot a “random” victim and posted the footage on Facebook. The suspect, Steve Stephens, later said in a separate video post that he had killed […]

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Arkansas judge blocks lethal injection drug ahead of executions

April 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A judge has blocked Arkansas from using one of three lethal injection drugs the US state planned to use in a series of executions next week. The Supreme Court of Arkansas has also granted an […]

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Trump manifesto man arrested after 10-day manhunt

April 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A fugitive accused of stealing more than a dozen guns and mailing a manifesto to the US president has been arrested after 10 days on the run. Joseph Jakubowski, 32, was found camping on a […]

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Drink driver pleads guilty – but says she was sleepwalking

April 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A woman has blamed sleep-walking after she crashed her car while more than two-and-a-half times the drink-drive limit. Karissa McGarley had downed half a bottle of vodka the night before the early-morning smash in Southwick […]

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‘Black widow’ loses final appeal against death sentence

April 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Japanese woman who murdered three lovers in a so-called “black widow” case faces execution after the Supreme Court rejected her final appeal. Kanae Kijima, now 42, met the three men, aged 41, 53 and […]

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Grand jury indicts 5 more Sunny Side Gang members in heroin, cocaine ring

April 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Cole Waterman  BAY CITY, MI — Five more men connected to Saginaw’s infamous Sunny Side Gang have been federally indicted in an investigation of a widespread heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl distribution network. On Wednesday, […]

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Doctor faces life in prison for performing female genital mutilation

April 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

A doctor in the US city of Detroit has been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the […]

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