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Alabama inmate fights to halt execution, ‘won’t give up’

May 24, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Tommy Arthur has had his execution postponed seven times since 2001, so many delays that victims’ rights advocates derisively call him the “Houdini” of death row. He says he is innocent and is fighting for […]

Tai Chan retrial ends in mistrial

May 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

A mistrial has been declared in the retrial of Tai Chan, a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his partner. After three hours of deliberations, a jury could not agree on what […]

UK Terror Threat Level Raised To Critical

May 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of “critical”, meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said. Military personnel will now be deployed to protect key sites under […]

Deaths confirmed after Manchester Arena blast – Updated

May 22, 2017 World Justice News 0

Twenty-two people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suicide attack at Manchester Arena. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana […]

Indonesian police arrest 141 men over ‘gay sex party’

May 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital Jakarta late on Sunday. Police said attendees, including a Briton and a Singaporean, paid 185,000 […]

Six arrested for movie piracy blackmail plot

May 19, 2017 World Justice News 0

In 2017 there’s a trend of people threatening to leak movies online unless a ransom is paid. With Disney refusing to pay in a similar situation this week, there are clear signs that perpetrators can […]

Judge: Lois Lerner’s tea party-targeting testimony can stay secret — for now

May 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Stephen Dinan Lois G. Lerner and Holly Paz, two key figures in the IRS‘ tea party-targeting, can keep testimony about their role in the targeting secret, at least for now, a federal judge ruled […]

Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with 15-year-old girl, could serve up to 27 months in prison

May 19, 2017 zoshinuk 0

BY Victoria Bekiempis Adam Edelman Pervy ex-pol Anthony Weiner, his stunning fall from grace complete, faces federal jail time after pleading guilty Friday to sending obscene material to a minor. “I have a sickness, but […]

Pamela Pike sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for 2013 killing of Jason Skinner

May 19, 2017 zoshinuk Comments Off

By Garrett Barry, CBC News Pamela Pike, who stabbed Jason Skinner to death in 2013 and was convicted of manslaughter, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. With time served, Pike will spend […]

Ex-Newcastle football coach charged with sex offences

May 19, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former Newcastle United youth coach George Ormond has been charged with 29 sex offences, police have said. The 61-year-old, of Newton Abbot, Devon, is alleged to have committed the offences between 1973 and 1998. He […]

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 […]

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Year: 2017

Alabama inmate fights to halt execution, ‘won’t give up’

Tai Chan retrial ends in mistrial

UK Terror Threat Level Raised To Critical

Deaths confirmed after Manchester Arena blast – Updated

Indonesian police arrest 141 men over ‘gay sex party’

Six arrested for movie piracy blackmail plot

Judge: Lois Lerner’s tea party-targeting testimony can stay secret — for now

Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with 15-year-old girl, could serve up to 27 months in prison

Pamela Pike sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for 2013 killing of Jason Skinner

Ex-Newcastle football coach charged with sex offences