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Mercedes Formula 1 team robbed at gunpoint

November 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

Lewis Hamilton says he was “upset” by news that personnel from his Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint in Sao Paulo on Friday night. A van of Mercedes workers was held up on the road […]

UK prosecutors admit destroying key emails in Julian Assange case

November 10, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Ewen MacAskill and Owen Bowcott The Crown Prosecution Service is facing embarrassment after admitting it destroyed key emails relating to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy fighting extradition. […]

Obama reports for jury duty in Chicago and is dismissed

November 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former US President Barack Obama has turned up for jury duty at a Chicago courthouse, but was dismissed by the judge without being called on to serve. Crowds thronged the Daley Center municipal building to […]

Teen guilty of bid to import explosives from dark web

November 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A teenager has been convicted of trying to import explosives from the dark web with intent to endanger life. Gurtej Singh Randhawa, from Wolverhampton, attempted to buy a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, which would be sent to […]

Senior West Midlands Police officer Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

November 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A senior police officer is to be charged over allegations he failed to safeguard sensitive documents which were stolen from his car. The papers were in a locked box taken from Assistant Chief Constable Marcus […]

Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when traveling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would begin revoking […]

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MAYA SALAM The Department of Justice this week dismissed its case against a human rights protester who, clad in pink as Lady Liberty, was arrested after she laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s confirmation […]

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder

November 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man who murdered his 18-month-old daughter just two weeks after formally adopting her has been handed a life sentence. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, of Delabole, Cornwall, was told he must serve at least 18 years […]

Internet companies drop opposition to bill targeting online sex trafficking

November 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Tom Jackman When Congress launched an effort in August to enable prosecution of online sex trafficking by amending the Communications Decency Act, the titans of the Internet such as Google and Facebook rose up in opposition. […]

Texas shooting: Gunman Devin Kelley ‘had row with mother-in-law’

November 6, 2017 World Justice News 0

Texas church gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was armed with three guns and had argued with his mother-in-law before the rampage, officials say. The attack on the small church outside San Antonio during Sunday services left […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

Mercedes Formula 1 team robbed at gunpoint

UK prosecutors admit destroying key emails in Julian Assange case

Obama reports for jury duty in Chicago and is dismissed

Teen guilty of bid to import explosives from dark web

Senior West Midlands Police officer Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder

Internet companies drop opposition to bill targeting online sex trafficking

Texas shooting: Gunman Devin Kelley ‘had row with mother-in-law’