May 2023 – World Justice News

Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits

May 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

The billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma will be protected from lawsuits linked to the US opioid crisis in exchange for a $6bn (£4.85bn) settlement. Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 amid thousands of lawsuits, […]

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

May 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five men who illegally streamed Premier League football matches to tens of thousands of people have been jailed. The gang sold cut-price £10-a-month subscriptions, bragging they made money showing games not otherwise available to watch […]

Mother pleads guilty to murder after six-year-old son starves to death in Arizona

May 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

A mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse over the death of her six-year-old son in Arizona. Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, reached a plea deal with prosecutors this month and could face life in […]

Lindsey Graham: Russia issues arrest warrant for top Republican

May 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

Russia has issued an arrest warrant for US Senator Lindsey Graham, after an edited video appeared to show him celebrating Russian troops’ deaths. The footage, which spliced together two separate moments, was posted by President […]

Lead Story

Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

The High Court in Bombay, India, has ordered Instagram to share the personal details of copyright-infringing users with a media company. Through a broad dynamic injunction, the social media giant is further required to terminate […]

Man wrongly accused due to CCTV image speaks out

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

In 2018, an Indian man spent 54 days in jail after being mistaken for a thief. Though his name was cleared in court later, he paid a heavy price and is still fighting for justice. […]

Man accused of raping 15-year-old girl in sea on summer day at Bournemouth beach

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 19-year-old man has been charged by police with the alleged rape of a schoolgirl in the sea on a busy summer day at a popular beach resort. Dorset Police received a report that a […]

Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death was overturned, will not be retried

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A father from Georgia will not face another trial over his toddler’s death in a hot car, prosecutors said, after the Georgia Supreme Court last year reversed his murder and child cruelty convictions. READ THE FULL […]

First look inside £85m women-only jail HMP Stirling built without bars on its windows and cells

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Scotland’s new £85m women’s prison is set to open this summer. HMP Stirling will house around 100 inmates and has been designed with a trauma-informed approach – which takes account of gender – to better […]

Boy, 11, ‘shot in the chest’ by police officer he had called for help

May 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

An 11-year-old boy who was shot by a police officer has returned home from hospital after almost a week of treatment. Aderrien Murry spent five days in hospital with a collapsed lung, lacerated liver, and […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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, […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: May 2023

Sackler family wins immunity from opioid lawsuits

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

Mother pleads guilty to murder after six-year-old son starves to death in Arizona

Lindsey Graham: Russia issues arrest warrant for top Republican

Court Orders Instagram to Expose Pirates, Boot Their Accounts, and Purge URLs

Man wrongly accused due to CCTV image speaks out

Man accused of raping 15-year-old girl in sea on summer day at Bournemouth beach

Justin Ross Harris, whose murder conviction in his son’s hot-car death was overturned, will not be retried

First look inside £85m women-only jail HMP Stirling built without bars on its windows and cells

Boy, 11, ‘shot in the chest’ by police officer he had called for help