July 2024 – Page 6 – World Justice News

Trump sentencing in hush-money case delayed until September

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

A New York judge has delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing until September as his lawyers seek to challenge his conviction after a Supreme Court ruling. Trump was initially scheduled to be sentenced on 11 July. His […]

Mistrial declared in the trial of Karen Read, US woman accused of boyfriend’s murder

July 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Karen Read, a US woman charged with running over her police officer boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. Jurors in the murder […]

Trump has some immunity from prosecution, Supreme Court rules

July 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has said Donald Trump and other former presidents are partially immune from criminal prosecution, in a major legal victory for the Republican White House candidate. The 6-3 ruling did not outright […]

Kim Dotcom Can’t Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBI

July 1, 2024 World Justice News 0

Kim Dotcom’s latest bid to prevent the New Zealand government from handing over his hard drives and passwords to the FBI has failed. In 2022, the High Court said the devices could be sent to […]

Donald Trump speaking before Capitol riot

Supreme Court casts doubt on hundreds of Jan 6 cases

July 1, 2024 World Justice News 0

Federal prosecutors overreached when using an obstruction law to charge hundreds of January 6 rioters, the Supreme Court has ruled in an opinion that could also affect a case against Donald Trump. The justices ruled […]

Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement

July 1, 2024 World Justice News 0

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz’s name, and Cruz cannot give any interviews without his […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

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Month: July 2024

Trump sentencing in hush-money case delayed until September

Mistrial declared in the trial of Karen Read, US woman accused of boyfriend’s murder

Trump has some immunity from prosecution, Supreme Court rules

Kim Dotcom Can’t Prevent NZ Govt. Sending Hard Drives & Passwords to FBI

Supreme Court casts doubt on hundreds of Jan 6 cases

Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter’s name in lawsuit settlement