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Should pregnant women be spared jail? Sentencing Council reviews the impact of prison on unborn babies

October 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Sentencing Council is examining whether pregnancy should be a stronger reason not to send a female offender to jail. It launched a consultation last month which will examine the potential impact of being pregnant […]

Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down plane’s engines during flight

October 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

An off-duty pilot has been arrested and charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down a plane’s engines during a flight, causing the pilot to divert the aircraft. Joe Emerson, […]

Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea ‘charged back in US’

October 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea before being returned home last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child. The charges also […]

Canada’s Saskatchewan passes school gender identity bill

October 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

A controversial bill that requires young students to get parental consent to change their pronouns in school has passed in a Canadian province. Saskatchewan used a constitutional override to pass the bill after a court […]

Synagogue president found stabbed to death outside her home

October 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

The president of a synagogue in Detroit has been stabbed to death outside her home. Police say a motive for the killing of Samantha Woll is currently unknown. The 40-year-old was pronounced dead at the […]

Danny Serafini: Police arrest former baseball star in connection with father-in-law’s murder

October 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in the US have arrested a former professional baseball player in connection to the alleged murder and attempted murder of his in-laws. Danny Serafini, 49, was arrested Friday morning in connection with the death […]

Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy

October 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

A former lawyer to Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in an election subversion case in the US state of Georgia. Kenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with […]

Maryland judge Andrew Wilkinson shot and killed outside his home

October 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

Maryland police are hunting for a suspect in the killing of a judge, who was shot outside his home and later died in a hospital on Thursday. Police identified the victim as Washington County Circuit […]

Judge threatens to jail Trump for ‘blatant’ gag order violation

October 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

A New York judge has fined Donald Trump for violating a gag order in his civil fraud trial. Mr Trump was fined $5,000 (£4,100) by Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday. The judge said in court […]

Haiti arrests key suspect in President Jovenel Moise’s murder

October 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

Haitian police have arrested a former justice ministry official suspected of ordering the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Joseph Felix Badio was caught as he was driving out of a supermarket car park in the […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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Should pregnant women be spared jail? Sentencing Council reviews the impact of prison on unborn babies

Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down plane’s engines during flight

Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea ‘charged back in US’

Canada’s Saskatchewan passes school gender identity bill

Synagogue president found stabbed to death outside her home

Danny Serafini: Police arrest former baseball star in connection with father-in-law’s murder

Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy

Maryland judge Andrew Wilkinson shot and killed outside his home

Judge threatens to jail Trump for ‘blatant’ gag order violation

Haiti arrests key suspect in President Jovenel Moise’s murder