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Quebec judge facing possible removal confronts new evidence of cocaine use

May 31, 2017 WJN Administrator 0
MONTREAL — At a hearing to determine whether Quebec Superior Court Judge Michel Girouard should be removed from the bench, a woman with whom he used to socialize has described him as a heavy cocaine […]
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Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice is fired — but not for the killing

May 31, 2017 zoshinuk 0
By Lindsey Bever and Wesley Lowery The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been fired from the police department after an investigation concluded that he withheld details of […]
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South Sudan soldiers on trial over rape of aid workers

May 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0
Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers have gone on trial accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering their local colleague.  The incident in the capital, Juba, last July resulted in a UN report which accused UN […]
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In a landmark ruling, a Swiss court has fined a man for ‘liking’ defamatory comments on Facebook

May 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0
Geneva (AFP) – In a landmark ruling, a Swiss court has fined a man for “liking” comments on Facebook accusing an animal rights activist of being a “racist” and an “anti-Semite”. In the first case […]
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Rolf Harris cleared of sex assault charges

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
Former entertainer Rolf Harris has been cleared of four sex assault charges after a jury could not reach verdicts. Prosecutors ruled out a further retrial for Mr Harris, who denied indecently assaulting three teenage girls […]
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Australia plans to deny passports to convicted paedophiles

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
Convicted paedophiles would be denied passports in Australia under a “world-first” plan proposed by the government. The proposal, to be introduced to parliament, would prohibit registered sex offenders from travelling overseas. Justice Minister Michael Keenan […]
Akon Guode
Australia

Mother jailed for murdering children by driving into Australian lake

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
A mother who killed three of her children by deliberately driving them into a lake in Australia has been jailed for at least 20 years. Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger […]
Rick Maddison
Australia

Queensland policeman killer shot dead eighteen hour after siege

May 30, 2017 World Justice News 0
shot dead in Australia. On Monday, Rick Maddison fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte after the police officer intercepted his car in Queensland. He fled to a nearby farmhouse and spent the night in a […]
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Tiger Woods arrested for DUI – alcohol was “not involved”

May 29, 2017 World Justice News 0
Golfer Tiger Woods says alcohol was “not involved” in his arrest while driving in Florida early on Monday. Police records show the 41-year-old golfer was pulled over at about 03:00 local time (07:00 GMT) near […]
Willie Godbolt
Lead Story

Eight dead in Mississippi shooting including deputy sheriff

May 29, 2017 World Justice News 0
A shooting in the US state of Mississippi has left eight people dead, including a local deputy sheriff, police say. The shootings took place in three separate locations in Lincoln County, south Mississippi. A male […]

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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 […]
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