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Marcia Brown Martel
Canada

Canada settles with indigenous ‘Sixties Scoop’ victims

October 6, 2017 World Justice News 0
Canada has reached a reached a major settlement with indigenous victims of the so-called Sixties Scoop. The federal government has announced a payout of C$800m ($635m; £488m) to some 20,000 victims. Starting in the 1960s, […]
Carlos Nuzman
News

Olympic Committee suspends Brazilian arm after chief’s arrest

October 6, 2017 World Justice News 0
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended its Brazilian arm amid an investigation into corruption allegations. It also suspended the head of Brazil’s Olympic committee, Carlos Nuzman, as an honorary member, and has frozen all […]
James Stewart
News

Sex toy school head jailed for £100k fraud

October 6, 2017 World Justice News 0
A former school principal who kept sex toys in his office has been jailed for four years for misconduct and fraud. James Stewart, 72, executive principal at Sawtry Village Academy until 2014, showed greed that […]
Alice McBrearty
News

Teacher jailed for sex with pupil

October 6, 2017 World Justice News 0
A teacher who had a “full-blown sexual relationship” with a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for 16 months. Alice McBrearty, 23, admitted the four-month fling with a pupil she taught at an east London school. […]
Sabrina and Robert Limon
News

Jury finds Sabrina Limon guilty of first-degree murder of her husband

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0
A jury has found Sabrina Limon guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her husband following a three-week trial that riveted local residents and attracted nationwide attention for its lurid details of swinging couples, […]
Zameer Ghumra
Lead Story

Man guilty of showing beheading video to child

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0
A man who showed a beheading video to a child has been convicted of disseminating “terrorist propaganda”. Pharmacist Zameer Ghumra, of Leicester, showed the boy a graphic Twitter video on his mobile phone. Nottingham Crown […]
Hong Chin, Li Wei Gao and Ting Li Lu
News

“Sexual conveyor belt” trio guilty of running prostitute ring

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0
Three people have been found guilty of running a prostitution network described as a “sexual conveyor belt” by a judge. Hong Chin, 45, former partner Li Wei Gao, 44, and lover Ting Li Lu, 47, […]
Noel Conway
Human Rights

Noel Conway: Terminally ill man loses right-to-die case

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0
A terminally ill man has lost his High Court challenge against the law on assisted dying. Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, who has motor neurone disease, wanted a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a […]
Turkey Coup
News

Erdogan assassination plot: Turkish court sentences 40 to life in prison

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0
A Turkish court has sentenced 40 people to life in prison for attempting to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Forty-six people were on trial for the alleged assassination plot during last year’s failed military coup. […]
Sci-Hub
News

Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0
Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the “Pirate Bay of Science,” faces one of the strongest anti-piracy injunctions we have seen in the US to date. A magistrate judge in Virginia has recommended a […]

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