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Sergio Brown: Ex-NFL player charged with his mother’s murder

October 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A former NFL player has been charged with the murder of his mother after being arrested in California on Tuesday. Authorities had been searching for Sergio Brown since his mother Myrtle Brown, 73, was found […]

R Kelly: Prosecutors ask for singer to serve 25 more years in prison for child pornography convictions

February 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors have asked a judge to give R&B singer R Kelly 25 more years in prison for convictions for child pornography and enticing minors for sex. It would mean the 56-year-old would not be eligible […]

Classified files found at Biden’s private office from his time as vice-president

January 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US justice department is reviewing documents marked classified found in President Joe Biden’s former office at a think tank, the White House says. About 10 of the files were discovered in a locked closet […]

R. Kelly: Disgraced R&B star guilty of child abuse

September 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Disgraced 55-year-old R&B star R. Kelly has been found guilty of child sexual abuse in his second federal trial. The jury convicted the 55-year-old on six out of 13 counts after a four-week case in […]

Gunman suspected of killing six at Fourth of July parade in Chicago arrested

July 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

The man suspected of killing at least six people and seriously injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in Chicago has been arrested, police have said. A Highland Park police spokesperson said the […]

Illinois shooting: Six dead in 4 July parade shooting near Chicago

July 4, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police are still searching for a gunman who shot dead six people at a Fourth of July Independence Day parade near the US city of Chicago, officials say. The event in the city of Highland […]

Jussie Smollett released from jail pending appeal

March 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

US actor Jussie Smollett has been released on bond from jail in Chicago pending an appeal against his conviction for falsely claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. Last week the former Empire […]

Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in attack hoax case

March 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

US actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in jail after a jury found he lied to police about being the victim of a hate crime. The former Empire star, 39, was found […]

Jussie Smollett: Actor found guilty of lying about attack

December 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

US actor Jussie Smollett lied to police about being the victim of a racist, homophobic assault, a Chicago jury has found. At trial this week, Smollett, 39, stood by denials that he staged the attack […]

R. Kelly accused of abusing teenage boy he met in McDonald’s

July 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

US R&B star R. Kelly has been accused of fresh abuse allegations, including the claim he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy. Prosecutors allege the singer abused the teenager after meeting him at […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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 […]