2017 – Page 95 – World Justice News

23 being considered for prosecution over Hillsborough disaster

January 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Files on 23 people and organisations involved in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). An inquests jury concluded last April that the 96 victims of the FA Cup […]

N.S. records 192 per cent jump in inmates presumed innocent and awaiting trial

January 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A threefold increase over 10 years in the number of people awaiting trial while in Nova Scotia jails is “extremely problematic,” says a legal advocate. According to a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday, the daily […]

Human Rights

China a month late in submitting Hong Kong human rights update to UN – report

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

China has yet to submit an update on Hong Kong to the UN after its Committee Against Torture published a set of recommendations last February. China’s submission was due in December and is a month […]

Judge: Prosecutors can try to connect ex-Pat’s tats to slayings

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Prosecutors will be allowed to try and connect Aaron Hernandez’s gun tattoos to the shootings the former Patriot stands accused of — body art that could be seen as an “implied admission” to the crimes, […]

Teen gangster sentenced as adult to life in prison

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Winnipeg teen convicted in the gang-on-gang murder of William Moar inside a Main Street eatery has been sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years. Dylan […]

Dylann Roof sentenced to death

January 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

White supremacist Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges, including hate […]

Rapper DVS sentenced to 23 years

January 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

Rapper DVS has been sentenced to 23 years for false imprisonment and rape after he kidnapped and tortured a 20-year-old girl for three days. Real name Courtney Hutchinson, the 32-year-old will also remain on the […]

Court rules Muslim girls must swim with boys in lessons

January 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

Switzerland has won a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) obliging Muslim parents to send their children to mixed swimming lessons. It said authorities were justified in giving precedence to enforcing “the […]

First defendant sentenced in ‘fake college’ visa fraud

January 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

The first of at least 21 people charged in a wide-ranging “pay-to-stay” visa scheme that involved a fake New Jersey college was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty […]

Weed Activists Freaking Out Over Sessions Hearing

January 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Marijuana activists are anxious over President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, claiming he will orchestrate a federal crackdown on legal weed. Sessions, who is having his confirmation hearing […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

23 being considered for prosecution over Hillsborough disaster

N.S. records 192 per cent jump in inmates presumed innocent and awaiting trial

China a month late in submitting Hong Kong human rights update to UN – report

Judge: Prosecutors can try to connect ex-Pat’s tats to slayings

Teen gangster sentenced as adult to life in prison

Dylann Roof sentenced to death

Rapper DVS sentenced to 23 years

Court rules Muslim girls must swim with boys in lessons

First defendant sentenced in ‘fake college’ visa fraud

Weed Activists Freaking Out Over Sessions Hearing