June 2024 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Missouri woman who spent 43 years behind bars has murder conviction overturned

June 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

A woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 Missouri murder has had her conviction overturned after spending 43 years behind bars. Sandra Hemme’s lawyers say a disgraced police officer […]

Alex Jones assets liquidated to pay Sandy Hook debt

June 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

A judge ordered the liquidation of Infowars host Alex Jones’ personal assets, clearing the way for potential payouts to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. However, US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher […]

Iranian convicted of war crimes freed in Swedish swap

June 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Iranian convicted in Sweden of war crimes has been freed as part of a prisoner swap between the two countries. Hamid Noury, who was serving a life sentence, has returned to Tehran while Johan […]

Protests across Brazil over divisive abortion law

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

Thousands of people in Brazil have protested against a proposed nationwide law change which would equate abortion to homicide, even in cases where a pregnancy is the result of rape. It would mean women who […]

Kenya Magistrate Monica Kivuti and Makadara Law Courts

Kenyan magistrate dies after shooting by policeman

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan magistrate who was shot by a senior police officer earlier this week has died, according to the country’s chief justice. Justice Martha K Koome wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Makadara Principal Magistrate […]

US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has lifted a ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in America’s deadliest mass shooting. The court ruled by a 6-3 majority that the government did not have the […]

US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

Americans will still be able to buy an abortion pill after the US Supreme Court threw out a bid by campaign groups to restrict access to it. The decision was made by the same court […]

Biggest IPTV Piracy Trial in U.S. History Underway and Already Controversial

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

According to the U.S. government, subscription IPTV services Jetflicks and iStreamitAll were once two of the largest piracy platforms in the country. Several defendants are now on trial in Las Vegas in a case that […]

New law quashes convictions of Scottish sub-postmasters

June 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

Sub-postmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been automatically exonerated. Emergency legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament has been given Royal Assent and came into force […]

Chinese #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin jailed for five years

June 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”. Sophia Huang Xueqin was convicted and sentenced on Friday, nearly 10 months after she went on […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Month: June 2024

Missouri woman who spent 43 years behind bars has murder conviction overturned

Alex Jones assets liquidated to pay Sandy Hook debt

Iranian convicted of war crimes freed in Swedish swap

Protests across Brazil over divisive abortion law

Kenyan magistrate dies after shooting by policeman

US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks

US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone

Biggest IPTV Piracy Trial in U.S. History Underway and Already Controversial

New law quashes convictions of Scottish sub-postmasters

Chinese #MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin jailed for five years