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Australia’s Crown Resorts staff sentenced to jail in China for gambling crimes

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Nineteen Crown Resorts staff, including three Australians, have pleaded guilty to “gambling crimes” in a trial that lasted only a few hours at Shanghai’s Baoshan district people’s court. Australian Jason O’Connor was sentenced to 10 […]

SCOTUS D-Day: Travel Ban, Guns, LGBT, and Possible Supreme Court Retirement

June 26, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump’s travel ban, the Second Amendment, religious liberty versus LGBT issues, and even the possibility of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement will be addressed, as all eyes are on the Supreme Court […]

Parole denied for Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel

June 23, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

SACRAMENTO — Parole was denied Thursday for convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel — a follower of cult leader Charles Manson — after officials investigated whether battered women’s syndrome affected her state of mind at the time […]

IRS paid out $310K in refunds for Tennessee prisoners

June 22, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The IRS has paid out more than $310,000 in tax refunds in the names of Tennessee prisoners in a scheme concocted and carried out by two inmates, court records show. Larry Steven Covington Jr., 38, […]

OJ Simpson set for Parole Hearing next Month, Could be Released October 1

June 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Disgraced former American football star O.J. Simpson is expected to have a parole hearing next month that could see him released from prison as early as October 1, officials say. Simpson, who turns 70 July […]

Calgary girl testifies stepdad fatally stabbed her mom in double-murder trial

June 20, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Showing a poise most adults wouldn’t display, a young Calgary girl described for police how her stepdad fatally attacked her mom and a family friend. The girl, whose name is protected by a publication ban, […]

Judge did not violate accused’s rights in taking nine months to reach guilty verdict, court rules

June 19, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A judge who took nine months to decide that a man charged with sexually abusing one of his children was guilty – after a trial process that had already lasted 33 months – did not […]

At the Bill Cosby trial, ‘Canada’s Mom’ slays ‘America’s Dad’

June 8, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Everyone expected Andrea Constand to be the star witness Wednesday at Commonwealth v. William H. Cosby, Jr. And certainly Constand, who took the stand in a bright white jacket, the same hue associated with sexual […]

Bill Cosby’s accusers are already under attack at his trial

June 6, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

You know it’s a high-stakes, high-profile sexual assault case when spotlight-seeking L.A.-based lawyer Gloria Allred shows up first thing, a documentary film crew in tow. And there she was on cue on Monday, day one […]

UK PM faces tough election after terror attacks and campaign blunders

June 5, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking re-election as a tough leader to take Britain through Brexit, but her “strong and stable” image is under close scrutiny after a string of terror attacks and campaign missteps […]

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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Australia’s Crown Resorts staff sentenced to jail in China for gambling crimes

SCOTUS D-Day: Travel Ban, Guns, LGBT, and Possible Supreme Court Retirement

Parole denied for Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel

IRS paid out $310K in refunds for Tennessee prisoners

OJ Simpson set for Parole Hearing next Month, Could be Released October 1

Calgary girl testifies stepdad fatally stabbed her mom in double-murder trial

Judge did not violate accused’s rights in taking nine months to reach guilty verdict, court rules

At the Bill Cosby trial, ‘Canada’s Mom’ slays ‘America’s Dad’

Bill Cosby’s accusers are already under attack at his trial

UK PM faces tough election after terror attacks and campaign blunders