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Phoenix mayor apologises after US police threaten to shoot black family

June 17, 2019 World Justice News 0

The mayor of the US city of Phoenix has apologised after a video allegedly showing police threatening to shoot a black family went viral. Officers were responding to an alleged shoplifting incident last month when […]

Sir Philip Green charged with assault in US

May 31, 2019 World Justice News 0

British retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has been charged in the US with four counts of misdemeanour assault. The charges come after a fitness instructor in Arizona alleged that he repeatedly touched her inappropriately. The […]

Nurse arrested over US care home patient pregnancy

January 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in Arizona say they have arrested a nurse after a patient at a care facility gave birth. The suspect has been named as Nathan Sutherland, 36, who worked at the Hacienda Healthcare clinic. He […]

State Bar of Arizona to initiate formal proceedings against attorney Juan Martinez

November 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

The Attorney Discipline Probable Cause Committee issued an order of probable cause authorizing the State Bar of Arizona to initiate formal proceedings against attorney Juan Martinez. The order was based upon some of the allegations […]

Jodi Arias appeals murder conviction from ‘circus-like’ trial

July 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend, saying a prosecutor’s misconduct and a judge’s failure to control news coverage during the salacious case deprived her of […]

Tai Chan retrial ends in mistrial

May 24, 2017 World Justice News 0

A mistrial has been declared in the retrial of Tai Chan, a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his partner. After three hours of deliberations, a jury could not agree on what […]

Arizona death row inmates can supply their own execution drugs

February 18, 2017 World Justice News 0

Joseph Wood was supposed to die about 10 minutes after his jailers released a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone into his bloodstream. Instead, for nearly two hours, the death row inmate snorted and gasped, breathing like […]

Mexican woman with 2 children born in the US deported

February 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Mexican woman who had been living in the US since the age of 14 has been deported to Mexico. Seven protesters were arrested as they tried to block the vehicle taking her away from […]

Challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s asset forfeiture laws

October 11, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Following the seizure of their car by the Navajo County Attorney’s Office, an elderly Washington couple, Terry and Maria Platt, are challenging the constitutionality of Arizona’s asset forfeiture laws. They are represented by the Institute […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]