2020 – Page 12 – World Justice News

Charlie Elphicke: Ex-MP jailed for sex assaults on women

September 16, 2020 World Justice News 0

Ex-Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two women. Elphicke, 49, the former MP for Dover, was convicted of groping the women in similar situations, nine years apart. He […]

Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting

September 16, 2020 World Justice News 0

Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have agreed to pay $12m (£9.3m) to the family of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was killed in her home by police. Taylor was 26 when she was shot at […]

Mozambique: Army to investigate ‘horrific killing’ video

September 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

The authorities in Mozambique have promised to investigate a video showing people dressed in army uniforms beating and killing a naked woman in the restive gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. The defence ministry condemned the footage […]

Los Angeles police officers shot in ‘ambush’

September 13, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two Los Angeles police officers are recovering in hospital after being shot in what police are calling an ambush. Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers’ vehicle, before opening fire and running […]

Teenagers convicted of terrorism could be jailed for life

September 13, 2020 World Justice News 0

Teenagers convicted of terrorism in England and Wales could receive whole-life terms under sentencing reforms described by the government as the most radical in almost 20 years. Currently, a life tariff can only be given […]

Nigeria’s Kaduna passes law to castrate child rapists

September 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to […]

Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry

September 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, state media report, defying international appeals for him to be spared. Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a […]

Fifth murder trial finds man guilty

September 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man who faced an unprecedented five trials over four years for the shooting of a mother-of-nine and her nephew has been found guilty of murder. Annie Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Ekofo, 21, were killed […]

US Department of Justice seeks to defend Trump defamation case

September 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice has taken legal action to defend President Donald Trump in a defamation case from a woman who accuses him of raping her. Under a court filing, the department is moving […]

Abdulkadir Masharipov: Turkish court jails man for life over Istanbul nightclub attack

September 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Turkish court has sentenced a man to life in prison for carrying out a gun attack on an Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead. Abdulkadir Masharipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, was handed the […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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: 2020

Charlie Elphicke: Ex-MP jailed for sex assaults on women

Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting

Mozambique: Army to investigate ‘horrific killing’ video

Los Angeles police officers shot in ‘ambush’

Teenagers convicted of terrorism could be jailed for life

Nigeria’s Kaduna passes law to castrate child rapists

Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry

Fifth murder trial finds man guilty

US Department of Justice seeks to defend Trump defamation case

Abdulkadir Masharipov: Turkish court jails man for life over Istanbul nightclub attack