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‘Voodoo’ nurse Josephine Iyamu guilty of sex trafficking

June 28, 2018 zoshinuk 0

A British nurse has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to voodoo rituals. Josephine Iyamu forced the women to swear oaths to hand over money […]

Man accused of plowing car into Charlottesville protesters facing federal hate crime charges

June 28, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By KATIE BENNERThe New York Times WASHINGTON—James Fields Jr., the suspect in the death of a woman who was mowed down along with other protesters last year outside a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was […]

Landmark lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller for decades

May 31, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Carey Gillam journalist and author, and a public interest researcher forUS Right to Know, a not-for-profit food industry research group. At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer […]

Slain Chicago Cop: Civil Rights Lawyer To Defend Accused Killer

May 24, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Joe Vince, Patch Staff CHICAGO, IL — A Chicago civil rights lawyer whose practice specializes in police brutality will represent the man who is charged in the fatal shooting of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer. Scott […]

Soldier guilty of parachute murder attempt

May 24, 2018 zoshinuk 0

An Army sergeant has been found guilty of trying to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. Victoria Cilliers, 41, survived the 4,000ft (1,220m) fall at Netheravon airfield in Wiltshire in April 2015. Sex, lies […]

Incest dad kills baby he had with his own daughter then murders her and her adoptive father

April 13, 2018 zoshinuk 1

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson A man who had an incestuous relationship with his daughter and fathered a child with her shot and killed her and her adoptive father in a pickup truck on Thursday and then killed […]

South Africa’s top court dismisses Pistorius’ bid to appeal murder sentence

April 9, 2018 zoshinuk 0

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius to appeal his sentence for murdering his girlfriend, legal documents showed on Monday. Pistorious was initially jailed for […]

Accountability needed for killing of Gaza civilians

April 9, 2018 zoshinuk 0

The Norwegian Refugee Council expresses its outrage at the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza by the Israeli military, as they protest for their rights, on their land. The deadly force used by the Israeli […]

Parsons Green Tube bombing: Teenager Ahmed Hassan jailed for life

March 23, 2018 zoshinuk 0

A teenager has been described as “dangerous and devious” by a judge as he was jailed for life for planting a bomb on a Tube train at Parsons Green. Ahmed Hassan’s device partially exploded during […]

Donald Trump to unveil death penalty plans for drug dealers

March 19, 2018 zoshinuk 0

By Tanveer Mann Donald Trump is set to announce a new plan today that could see drug dealers getting the death penalty. The POTUS is hoping to toughen sentence laws for drug traffickers in a bid […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

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