May 2017 – Page 11 – World Justice News

Thai rights lawyer faces up to 150 years in prison for royal insult

May 4, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Reuters A prominent Thai human rights lawyer faces a prison term of up to 150 years if convicted on 10 counts of royal defamation under Thailand’s harsh royal insult law, the legal watchdog Thai […]

Birmingham pub bombings: Families granted legal aid

May 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

Lawyers acting for eight families of victims of the Birmingham pub bombings say they have been offered legal aid funding. The government had previously intervened to remove legal barriers that had barred the Northern Ireland-based […]

Denver civil rights attorney to defend man accused of killing prison officer in death penalty case

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Kirk Mitchell | kmitchell@denverpost.com | The Denver Post A Denver civil rights attorney who has handled several death penalty cases across the country has been appointed to defend a man who faces the death […]

Alexei Navalny: Five-year sentence upheld by Russian court

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Russian court has upheld the five-year suspended sentence handed out to opposition activist Alexei Navalny. A retrial was held after an earlier conviction was overturned following a European Court of Human Rights ruling. Mr […]

Ex-Detroit Public Schools official Barbara Byrd-Bennett gets prison

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A former Detroit Public Schools official was sentenced to prison after earlier pleading guilty to receiving $2.3 million in kickbacks while steering $23 million in no-bid city of Chicago contracts to education firms. A federal […]

Damon Smith: Student facing years in jail after being found guilty of planting bomb on busy Tube train

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tom Powell A weapons-obsessed student is facing years behind bars after being found guilty of planting a home-made bomb on a busy Jubilee line train. Former altar boy Damon Smith built the device at […]

Ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as youngsters found guilty of Andre Aderemi’s murder

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

There were ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as two youngsters were found guilty of murdering Andre Aderemi, with one of the convicted murderers lunging at the other. Rodney Mukasa, 20, and […]

Mississipppi funeral home refuses to cremate gay man, says they don’t ‘deal with their kind’: lawsuit

May 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

NEW ORLEANS — A south Mississippi funeral home went back on an agreement to cremate an 86-year-old man after he died and paperwork showed he was gay, according to a lawsuit in state court. Picayune […]

Jordan Edwards shooting: Texas police change account of death

May 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Texas police department has changed a key detail in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, amid mounting calls for the officer to be arrested. Jordan Edwards, 15, died after an officer fired a […]

Mexico arrests ‘El Chapo’ successor Damaso Lopez

May 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A key player in one of the world’s most successful drug cartels has been arrested by security forces in Mexico City. Damaso Lopez, the right-hand man of jailed drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, was […]

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 […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: May 2017

Thai rights lawyer faces up to 150 years in prison for royal insult

Birmingham pub bombings: Families granted legal aid

Denver civil rights attorney to defend man accused of killing prison officer in death penalty case

Alexei Navalny: Five-year sentence upheld by Russian court

Ex-Detroit Public Schools official Barbara Byrd-Bennett gets prison

Damon Smith: Student facing years in jail after being found guilty of planting bomb on busy Tube train

Ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as youngsters found guilty of Andre Aderemi’s murder

Mississipppi funeral home refuses to cremate gay man, says they don’t ‘deal with their kind’: lawsuit

Jordan Edwards shooting: Texas police change account of death

Mexico arrests ‘El Chapo’ successor Damaso Lopez