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J.W. Ledford Jr., Georgia death row inmate, requests firing squad in federal appeals suit

May 14, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A convicted murderer slated to die by lethal injection on Tuesday has mounted an eleventh-hour bid to be killed by firing squad instead. Lawyers for the condemned, J.W. Ledford Jr., argue their client has developed […]

Dentist found guilty of laughing gas sex attacks

May 12, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A woman who was molested 30 years ago by a Sydney dentist who’d given her nitrous oxide, or laughing gas says she was scared of reporting the incident in case she’d hallucinated the abuse. Several […]

Jurors in pie thrower trial deadlocked; ordered to resume deliberations

May 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Jurors deadlocked in Sean Thompson’s pie throwing trial were ordered to resume deliberations Thursday afternoon. Jurors told Sacramento Superior Court Judge Curtis Fiorini that they deadlocked 7-5 and 9-3 on the felony assault and misdemeanor […]

Chelsea Manning confirms prison release next week

May 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

May 9 (UPI) — Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst jailed in 2010 for leaking classified information, said Tuesday she is ready to start a new life she never imagined. The transgender Army private […]

Mississipppi funeral home refuses to cremate gay man, says they don’t ‘deal with their kind’: lawsuit

May 3, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

NEW ORLEANS — A south Mississippi funeral home went back on an agreement to cremate an 86-year-old man after he died and paperwork showed he was gay, according to a lawsuit in state court. Picayune […]

Will the (US) Supreme Court Defend Citizenship?

May 2, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Very few Americans have heard of Afroyim v. Rusk, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case on citizenship, but all Americans can perhaps be grateful for it. Most of the Court’s landmark decisions are famous for […]

Ohio Postpones 8 Executions Amidst Legal Challenge To Lethal Injection Procedure

May 1, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Gov. John Kasich has put Ohio executions on hold until May, citing a legal challenge to the state’s three-drug lethal injection protocol. The governor’s office released a statement saying it had postponed the execution dates […]

Carson Morin trial: Accused murderer’s criminal past revealed in court

April 28, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The Ottawa man on trial for murder in the fatal stabbing of 20 year-old Michael Wassill was once convicted of a brutal assault on another man with a baseball bat that put the victim in […]

Arkansas executes 2 death row inmates within hours

April 25, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Jack Jones and Marcel Williams received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night, just about three hours apart. It was the first double execution in the United States since 2000. While Jones, 52, was […]

Arkansas carries out execution for 1st time in over 11 years

April 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Arkansas executed its first inmate in over 11 years on Thursday after a protracted legal battle that questioned aspects of the use of the death penalty in the United States. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

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