July 2018 – Page 5 – World Justice News

Jodi Arias appeals murder conviction from ‘circus-like’ trial

July 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend, saying a prosecutor’s misconduct and a judge’s failure to control news coverage during the salacious case deprived her of […]

Novichok: Murder inquiry after Dawn Sturgess dies

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling critically ill on 30 June. Charlie Rowley, […]

Tyler Honeycutt: Ex-NBA player dies after police shootout

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Basketball player Tyler Honeycutt has died after a shootout with US police, local media report. The Los Angeles Police Department said an unnamed suspect appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted gunshot”, after reportedly firing […]

Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Appeal, Will Take Case to Supreme Court

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Kim Dotcom and former colleagues Mattias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, have failed in their latest bid to avoid extradition to the United States. In a ruling handed down in the New […]

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif given 10-year jail term

July 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Pakistani court has sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison on corruption charges related to four luxury London flats. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court handed down the verdict after […]

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

July 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara. The Sarin attack, Japan’s worst terror […]

Novichok poisoning: Another Couple exposed to nerve agent

July 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire were exposed to Novichok – the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say. The couple, believed to be Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn […]

Woman held on suspicion of murdering eight babies at hospital

July 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A healthcare professional has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital. Cheshire Police said the woman’s arrest was a significant step forward in an investigation […]

Paris helicopter prison break for notorious gangster Redoine Faid

July 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A notorious gangster has escaped by helicopter from a prison in the Paris region, the French authorities say. Redoine Faid was helped by several heavily armed men who created a diversion at the prison entrance […]

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

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Month: July 2018

Jodi Arias appeals murder conviction from ‘circus-like’ trial

Novichok: Murder inquiry after Dawn Sturgess dies

Tyler Honeycutt: Ex-NBA player dies after police shootout

Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Appeal, Will Take Case to Supreme Court

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif given 10-year jail term

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

Novichok poisoning: Another Couple exposed to nerve agent

Woman held on suspicion of murdering eight babies at hospital

Paris helicopter prison break for notorious gangster Redoine Faid