July 2017 – Page 4 – World Justice News

O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing: Nevada Officials to Decide Fate in Coming Days

July 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Daniel Arkin and Andrew Blankstein Next week, four members of the Nevada Board of Parole will convene in Carson City to consider the case of Inmate #1027820. The parole hearing will likely be routine, […]

Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary

July 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Thousands of Poles have gathered outside parliament in the capital Warsaw to condemn a controversial reform of the judiciary. Protesters say the bill, passed by the Senate on Saturday, will erode judges’ independence and undermine […]

‘White Boy Rick’ Wershe granted parole but could be in prison for years

July 15, 2017 World Justice News 0

The former Detroit drug dealer dubbed “White Boy Rick” has waited nearly 30 years to hear these words: he will be paroled from prison. The 10-member Michigan Parole Board voted unanimously to release Richard Wershe Jr. during a closed-door […]

£20 million heroin smuggling plot gang jailed for 140 Years

July 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Birmingham drugs gang who conspired to smuggle up to £19 million of heroin into the UK from Pakistan have been jailed for more than 130 years. The crooks had hid the drugs inside industrial […]

Two Pennsylvania men charged with four murders

July 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

Two men are now charged with the killings of four young men in an affluent Philadelphia suburb. Cosmo DiNardo and Sean Kratz, both 20, each face murder charges as well as multiple counts of conspiracy, […]

TV producer jailed over hitmen plot to kill partner

July 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A retired TV producer who was convicted of trying to hire a hitman to kill his partner has been jailed for 17 years. David Harris, 68, offered £200,000 for the murder of Hazel Allinson so […]

London acid attacks: Teenager arrested

July 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A teenager has been arrested after acid was thrown in people’s faces in five attacks over one night in London. Two moped riders attacked the victims over 90 minutes in Islington, Stoke Newington and Hackney […]

Verizon confirms personal data leak of 6 million users

July 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

Verizon confirmed on Wednesday the personal data of 6 million customers has leaked online. An Israeli technology company has exposed millions of Verizon customer records. As many as 14 million records of subscribers who called […]

Judge clears Florida city in hospital wrongful death lawsuit

July 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A federal judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit filed by the family of a black woman who died in December 2015, while police forcibly removed her from a Florida hospital where she sought […]

Iowa drops inmate sanctions in ‘unusual’ case (Joe Byrd)

July 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Ending a case that’s been called a remarkable injustice, prison officials have dropped all sanctions imposed on an Iowa inmate for his role in an alleged 2009 gang rape that he […]

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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Month: July 2017

O.J. Simpson Parole Hearing: Nevada Officials to Decide Fate in Coming Days

Poles rally against controversial reform of judiciary

‘White Boy Rick’ Wershe granted parole but could be in prison for years

£20 million heroin smuggling plot gang jailed for 140 Years

Two Pennsylvania men charged with four murders

TV producer jailed over hitmen plot to kill partner

London acid attacks: Teenager arrested

Verizon confirms personal data leak of 6 million users

Judge clears Florida city in hospital wrongful death lawsuit

Iowa drops inmate sanctions in ‘unusual’ case (Joe Byrd)