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Rapper Brings $165,000 Cash to Court to Pay Fines

October 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Rapper Fetty Wap said he brought about $165,000 in cash to a New Jersey court pay several fines including: driving with tinted windows and a suspended license, failing to replace lost, destroyed or defaced license plates and a […]

Pedro Hernandez Retrial, Juror Questioning Begins

October 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Questioning of potential jurors began Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court for the upcoming retrial of Pedro Hernandez. Hernandez was charged with kidnapping and murder in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The first trial of Hernandez, […]

Mother Arrested for Marrying Daughter

September 8, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A mother has been arrested for allegedly marrying her daughter some eight years after marrying her own son. Patricia Spann, 43, wed 25-year-old Misty Spann in March this year in Oklahoma, court records show. Police say the […]

Manitoba Man To Be Sentenced In Child Abuse Case

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A sentence could be handed down Wednesday for the final man who admitted to abusing children in a small Manitoba town. The Old Order Mennonite man was one of five charged in an investigation involving […]

Football Star Who Sat With Autistic Boy Returns With Surprise

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 1

Bo Paske became famous overnight when a school security officer at his middle school snapped a photo of Travis Rudolph sitting across from him at a lunch table. Rudolph, who is a wide receiver for the […]

Oregon Ranching Standoff Trial To Start

September 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Jury selection begins in Portland today for the trial of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and six others. They are charged with conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threats or force in the seizure of Malheur […]

Canadian Justice Robin Camp on trial for his job

September 6, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Justice Robin Camp goes on trial Tuesday after asking an alleged rape victim why she did not keep her knees closed against her attacker. This is one of several comments he made which are cited in allegations […]

After Supreme Court Ordered Retrial – Man Convicted of Manslaughter

September 5, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Ameen Jogee, who was ordered to be retried for the murder of an ex-policeman, has been convicted of manslaughter. In 2012 Jogee was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years under the “joint enterprise” […]

Human Rights

Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0

A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]

Australia

Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

November 26, 2025 0

Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]

Human Rights

Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

November 18, 2025 0

The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]

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