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UFO-style car pulled over by police on motorway

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

A law enforcement agency’s social media users have been left starry eyed after a traffic stop with a difference was reported in the US. Crawford County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri published pictures taken by officers […]

Lucy Letby: Serial killer nurse found guilty of attempted murder of extremely premature baby

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of the attempted murder of an extremely premature baby, just two hours after she was born. Letby, who was convicted last year of the murder of seven […]

Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone

July 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Sierra Leone has brought in a new law banning child marriage with much fanfare at a ceremony organised by First Lady Fatima Bio in the capital, Freetown. Invited guests, including first ladies from Cape Verde […]

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 […]

Uvalde school shooting: Former police chief indicted on ten counts of child endangerment over response to mass killing

June 28, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former police chief has been charged over the response to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022. The Uvalde County sheriff’s office said Pedro ‘Pete’ Arredondo has been booked and released from jail after a […]

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 […]

Human Rights

First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

Human Rights

UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 0

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]

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UFO-style car pulled over by police on motorway

Lucy Letby: Serial killer nurse found guilty of attempted murder of extremely premature baby

Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone

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

Uvalde school shooting: Former police chief indicted on ten counts of child endangerment over response to mass killing