2017 – Page 58 – World Justice News

Ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as youngsters found guilty of Andre Aderemi’s murder

May 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

There were ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as two youngsters were found guilty of murdering Andre Aderemi, with one of the convicted murderers lunging at the other. Rodney Mukasa, 20, and […]

Mississipppi funeral home refuses to cremate gay man, says they don’t ‘deal with their kind’: lawsuit

May 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

NEW ORLEANS — A south Mississippi funeral home went back on an agreement to cremate an 86-year-old man after he died and paperwork showed he was gay, according to a lawsuit in state court. Picayune […]

Jordan Edwards shooting: Texas police change account of death

May 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Texas police department has changed a key detail in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, amid mounting calls for the officer to be arrested. Jordan Edwards, 15, died after an officer fired a […]

Mexico arrests ‘El Chapo’ successor Damaso Lopez

May 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A key player in one of the world’s most successful drug cartels has been arrested by security forces in Mexico City. Damaso Lopez, the right-hand man of jailed drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, was […]

‘Cufflink terrorist’ Samata Ullah given eight years

May 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man who used a James Bond-style USB cufflink to store extremist data has been jailed for eight years. Samata Ullah, 34, of Cardiff, admitted being a member of so-called Islamic State, as well as […]

Will the (US) Supreme Court Defend Citizenship?

May 2, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Very few Americans have heard of Afroyim v. Rusk, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case on citizenship, but all Americans can perhaps be grateful for it. Most of the Court’s landmark decisions are famous for […]

Ohio Postpones 8 Executions Amidst Legal Challenge To Lethal Injection Procedure

May 1, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Gov. John Kasich has put Ohio executions on hold until May, citing a legal challenge to the state’s three-drug lethal injection protocol. The governor’s office released a statement saying it had postponed the execution dates […]

Philadelphia DA Seth Williams set for May 31 trial

May 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphia’s top prosecutor intends to push federal prosecutors to trial in a 23-count bribery case just two months after his arrest. District Attorney Seth Williams’ lawyers tell a judge they’ll be ready […]

Three women arrested by anti-terror police

May 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

Three women have been arrested in connection with last week’s anti-terror operation in London in which a woman was shot by police. The women, two aged 18 and one 19, were arrested on Monday on […]

1 dead, 7 injured in mass shooting at University City apartment complex

May 1, 2017 zoshinuk 0

CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8 SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) — A man shot several people at an apartment complex in University City Sunday evening before being shot and killed […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

Ugly scenes in the dock at the Old Bailey as youngsters found guilty of Andre Aderemi’s murder

Mississipppi funeral home refuses to cremate gay man, says they don’t ‘deal with their kind’: lawsuit

Jordan Edwards shooting: Texas police change account of death

Mexico arrests ‘El Chapo’ successor Damaso Lopez

‘Cufflink terrorist’ Samata Ullah given eight years

Will the (US) Supreme Court Defend Citizenship?

Ohio Postpones 8 Executions Amidst Legal Challenge To Lethal Injection Procedure

Philadelphia DA Seth Williams set for May 31 trial

Three women arrested by anti-terror police

1 dead, 7 injured in mass shooting at University City apartment complex