October 2017 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Sherin Mathews: US police find body in missing child case

October 23, 2017 World Justice News 0

Police in Texas say they have found a body while investigating a case of a three-year-old who went missing earlier this month when her father sent her out of their home at 03:00 as punishment. […]

Kodi box trader gets suspended jail term

October 23, 2017 World Justice News 0

A trader who sold TV boxes which allowed viewers to watch subscription films and football for free has been given a suspended jail term. Brian Thompson had denied breaking the law by selling the Kodi […]

Man caught on video throwing dog off ravine sentenced to five years in prison

October 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

LOS ANGELES, Calif. A 21-year-old man who was caught on video twice hurling his pit bull into a ravine in the City Terrace area and subsequently charged in an unrelated residential burglary was sentenced today […]

Police: Suspect in 6 shootings in Maryland, Delaware, caught

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Darran Simon, Chris Boyette and Jason Hanna, CNN A suspect in shootings in Maryland and Delaware on Wednesday that left three people dead and three others injured was caught in Delaware after a manhunt, authorities said. […]

Quebec Passes Law Obliging Citizens to Uncover Their Faces

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

QUEBEC—The Quebec national assembly has passed a controversial religious neutrality bill that obliges citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services. Members voted 66-51 in favour of Bill 62 on Oct. 18. […]

US Appeals Court Rejects Cosby Accuser’s Bid to Revive Defamation Suit

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Reuters BOSTON—A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to revive a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby by an actress who said the entertainer raped her in 1974 and then called her a […]

Guilty Verdict in Boston ISIS Beheading Plot

October 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Reuters BOSTON—A Boston-area man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit acts of international terrorism and supporting ISIS for a 2015 plot to attack police and behead a conservative blogger who organized […]

Body Found Of Missing Kindergarten Teacher Who Was Last Seen Bailing Out Felon

October 18, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Catherine Townsend FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Flagstaff police have found a body that they believe is that of a 44-year-old Phoenix-area kindergarten teacher who went missing after posting bond for a felon. The remains of […]

Australia’s Crown casino denies slot-machine ‘tampering’

October 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

Australia’s largest casino has denied allegations it deliberately tampered with slot machines and ignored evidence of drug use and domestic violence. The claims, by three people who said they were ex-employees of Crown casino, were […]

Rio Tinto charged with fraud by US authorities

October 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and two of its former executives have been charged with fraud in the US, accused of hiding losses by inflating the value of African coal assets. It bought the Mozambique […]

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: October 2017

Sherin Mathews: US police find body in missing child case

Kodi box trader gets suspended jail term

Man caught on video throwing dog off ravine sentenced to five years in prison

Police: Suspect in 6 shootings in Maryland, Delaware, caught

Quebec Passes Law Obliging Citizens to Uncover Their Faces

US Appeals Court Rejects Cosby Accuser’s Bid to Revive Defamation Suit

Guilty Verdict in Boston ISIS Beheading Plot

Body Found Of Missing Kindergarten Teacher Who Was Last Seen Bailing Out Felon

Australia’s Crown casino denies slot-machine ‘tampering’

Rio Tinto charged with fraud by US authorities