2019 – Page 42 – World Justice News

Woman of 102 suspected of care home murder in France

May 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

A 102-year-old woman is suspected of having murdered her 92-year-old neighbour in a French retirement home. The suspected killer is now in a psychiatric hospital. Earlier she told one of the carers that she had […]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina ex-president, goes on trial

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

The corruption trial of Argentina’s former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has begun in Buenos Aires. Ms Fernández is accused of accepting bribes from construction firms in exchange for lucrative government contracts while in power. […]

Can Criminal Defendants Review DNA Analysis Software Used to Prosecute Them?

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

California Appeals Court to Hear Arguments on Defense Review of DNA Analysis System Fresno – On Wednesday, May 22, at 9 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue that criminal defendants have a right […]

Instagram: Facebook probes breach of millions of influencer accounts

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Photo sharing site Instagram says it is trying to find out how contact details of almost 50 million of its users were stored online in an unguarded database. TechCrunch, which broke the story, said it […]

Don McGahn: White House directs former lawyer not to testify

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

The White House has told a former adviser not to testify about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, sparking outrage from Democrats. Lawyer Donald McGahn previously told the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election […]

Police facial recognition surveillance court case starts

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

The first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance begins in Cardiff later. Ed Bridges, whose image was taken while he was shopping, says weak regulation means AFR breaches human rights. […]

Police arrest 586 people in county lines crackdown

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Nearly 600 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the UK in the past week, the National Crime Agency has said. Police forces led by the National County Lines Coordination Centre […]

Electrotherapy warning over bogus psychiatrist Zholia Alemi

May 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A bogus psychiatrist who treated hundreds of patients in Scotland may have referred some for needless electro-convulsive therapy, Scotland’s chief medical officer has warned. Dr Catherine Calderwood said others may have been detained under the […]

American man accused in $9m net address theft

May 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

An American man has been accused of stealing net addresses worth more than $9m (£7m) by US prosecutors. Amir Golestan of South Carolina is alleged to have tricked an organisation that controls some net addresses into handing […]

Transgender woman shot, killed in US weeks after assault

May 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A transgender woman has been fatally shot in Dallas, Texas, according to local police. Muhlaysia Booker, 23, was found dead on a street on Saturday morning, and police are investigating the case as “homicidal violence”. […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2019

Woman of 102 suspected of care home murder in France

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina ex-president, goes on trial

Can Criminal Defendants Review DNA Analysis Software Used to Prosecute Them?

Don McGahn: White House directs former lawyer not to testify

Police facial recognition surveillance court case starts

Police arrest 586 people in county lines crackdown

Electrotherapy warning over bogus psychiatrist Zholia Alemi

American man accused in $9m net address theft

Transgender woman shot, killed in US weeks after assault