September 2021 – World Justice News

The Kansas case that could change how rape is charged

September 30, 2021 World Justice News 0

Sex crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute – but one woman in Kansas is using a rarely used 19th Century law to ask her fellow citizens to help bring charges against the man she says […]

Britney Spears’ father suspended as conservator

September 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

A judge has suspended Britney Spears’ father from the legal arrangement that gave him control of her life after Spears accused him of years of abuse. Jamie Spears was appointed her guardian in 2008, amid […]

Mark Rutte: Dutch police arrest politician over suspected plot to murder PM

September 28, 2021 World Justice News 0

Dutch police have arrested a politician in the Hague on suspicion of involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The prime minister’s security service said Arnoud van Doorn, the leader of The […]

Peru’s ex-President Alejandro Toledo cleared for extradition from US

September 28, 2021 World Justice News 0

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, arrested in the US two years ago on corruption charges, has been cleared for extradition back to Peru. A US judge approved the move on Tuesday, saying sufficient evidence had […]

R Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial

September 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

US singer R Kelly has been found guilty of exploiting his superstar status to run a scheme to sexually abuse women and children over two decades. Eleven accusers, nine women and two men, took the […]

Ex-Rochdale footballer jailed for 24 years for child rapes

September 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

A footballer has been jailed for 24 years for “gruesome” sex attacks on six victims as young as seven. Jonathan Diba-Musangu, 23, who used to be on Rochdale AFC’s books, raped the seven-year-old girl in […]

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal

September 26, 2021 World Justice News 0

China’s central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin. “Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities,” the People’s Bank of China said, warning it […]

Rwanda genocide ‘kingpin’ Théoneste Bagosora dies in prison

September 26, 2021 World Justice News 0

A former Rwandan army colonel convicted for his role in the massacre of some 800,000 people in the 1994 genocide has died in Mali, where he was in prison. Théoneste Bagosora, 80, was a senior […]

China frees Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after Huawei boss released

September 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two Canadian nationals have been released from Chinese detention and are flying home to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were accused of espionage in 2018, shortly after Canadian […]

Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court

September 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two men posing as lawyers shot dead a notorious gangster inside a courtroom in India’s capital, Delhi. They opened fire at Jitender Maan Gogi inside the courtroom where a case was being heard against him. […]

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Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

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Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

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Month: September 2021

The Kansas case that could change how rape is charged

Britney Spears’ father suspended as conservator

Mark Rutte: Dutch police arrest politician over suspected plot to murder PM

Peru’s ex-President Alejandro Toledo cleared for extradition from US

R Kelly guilty in sex trafficking trial

Ex-Rochdale footballer jailed for 24 years for child rapes

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal

Rwanda genocide ‘kingpin’ Théoneste Bagosora dies in prison

China frees Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after Huawei boss released

Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court