2022 – Page 32 – World Justice News

R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse

June 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women. The R&B artist, 55, was convicted last September in New York of […]

Kenyan ‘fake policewoman’ arrested after TV appearance

June 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan woman, who is reportedly an aspiring politician, has been arrested after allegedly pretending to be policewoman while appearing as a panellist on a television show. The suspect, identified by police as Monica Wamaitha […]

Jan 6 hearings: Ex-aide paints devastating picture of Trump

June 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Up until now, the congressional committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol was missing a key piece of the puzzle – the testimony of someone who could offer a first-hand account of the […]

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking

June 28, 2022 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for helping disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls. Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of recruiting and trafficking four teenage girls […]

Megaupload Pair Convicted: The Specific Crimes They Admitted in Detail

June 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

After signing a deal to avoid extradition to the United States, former Megaupload executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk were convicted last week in the New Zealand High Court. In theory they face […]

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

June 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

Barristers in criminal cases have gone on strike across England and Wales in a long-running dispute over pay. Eight out of 10 cases at London’s Old Bailey were disrupted by the walkout, barristers outside the […]

At least 46 migrants found dead inside a truck in Texas

June 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

The bodies of at least 46 people have been found inside a lorry in Texas. Fire officials said they found “stacks of bodies” and confirmed that 16 people, including four children, were taken to hospital […]

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

June 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

Millions of women in the US will lose the legal right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned a 50-year-old ruling that legalised it nationwide. The court struck down the landmark Roe v Wade decision, […]

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

June 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages states to remove guns from people considered […]

Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights

June 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights, in its most important judgement on guns in over a decade. It expands gun rights amid a fierce national debate […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2022

R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse

Kenyan ‘fake policewoman’ arrested after TV appearance

Jan 6 hearings: Ex-aide paints devastating picture of Trump

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking

Megaupload Pair Convicted: The Specific Crimes They Admitted in Detail

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

At least 46 migrants found dead inside a truck in Texas

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades

Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights