2017 – Page 41 – World Justice News

Britain could DESTROY UK legal system if it quits European Court of Justice, expert warns

June 27, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Britain’s tense relationship with the court was highlighted in the Commons when leading Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg poured scorn on Brussels demands that the ECJ will continue to apply on citizenship issues in the UK […]

‘He told you that he did it:’ Jury hears final arguments in Alberta triple-murder trial

June 27, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.—The Crown in the triple-murder trial of a southern Alberta man told a jury they should find Derek Saretzky guilty because he confessed to police and that confession is supported by evidence. But Saretzky’s […]

California Governor Denies Parole for Manson Family Member Bruce Davis

June 26, 2017 WHUsBubbles 0

Charles Manson’s “right-hand man” sentenced to life in prison for involvement in Gary Hinman and “Shorty” Shea murders California governor Jerry Brown denied parole for Manson Family member Bruce Davis, despite a parole board recommending the 74-year-old […]

Canadian nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer jailed for life for murders of elderly patients

June 26, 2017 WHUsBubbles 0

A Canadian nurse who used insulin to kill eight elderly patients in Ontario care homes has been sentenced to life in prison, local media report. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing […]

Liu Xiaobo: Jailed Chinese dissident has terminal cancer

June 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has been moved from prison to hospital after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. Mr Liu, a human rights campaigner, was jailed in 2009 on subversion charges for calling […]

‘Most Hated Man in America’ Goes on Trial

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Martin Shkreli, the so-called ‘Pharma bro’, goes on trial on Monday for defrauding investors by a more than US$ 11 million in what prosecutors call a Ponzi Scheme. The former pharmaceutical chief executive gained the […]

Sentencing hearing starts Monday for ex-nurse who killed 8 seniors

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A former Ontario nurse who murdered eight seniors in her care is expected to appear at a sentencing hearing in Woodstock, Ont., on Monday. Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder, four […]

Australia’s Crown Resorts staff sentenced to jail in China for gambling crimes

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Nineteen Crown Resorts staff, including three Australians, have pleaded guilty to “gambling crimes” in a trial that lasted only a few hours at Shanghai’s Baoshan district people’s court. Australian Jason O’Connor was sentenced to 10 […]

SCOTUS D-Day: Travel Ban, Guns, LGBT, and Possible Supreme Court Retirement

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump’s travel ban, the Second Amendment, religious liberty versus LGBT issues, and even the possibility of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement will be addressed, as all eyes are on the Supreme Court […]

America’s Oldest Mobster Walks Free After 50 Years In Prison

June 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

One of the key players in gangster crime in America has walked free from prison at the age of 100. Jonny ‘Sonny’ Franzese was banged up for 50-years following a bank robbery, but left the […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

Britain could DESTROY UK legal system if it quits European Court of Justice, expert warns

‘He told you that he did it:’ Jury hears final arguments in Alberta triple-murder trial

California Governor Denies Parole for Manson Family Member Bruce Davis

Canadian nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer jailed for life for murders of elderly patients

Liu Xiaobo: Jailed Chinese dissident has terminal cancer

‘Most Hated Man in America’ Goes on Trial

Sentencing hearing starts Monday for ex-nurse who killed 8 seniors

Australia’s Crown Resorts staff sentenced to jail in China for gambling crimes

SCOTUS D-Day: Travel Ban, Guns, LGBT, and Possible Supreme Court Retirement

America’s Oldest Mobster Walks Free After 50 Years In Prison