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10 teens, 6 guns, 42 bullets complicate Iowa murder trials

October 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From the start, the case stemming from a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near a Des Moines high school has been among the most complex prosecutions ever in Iowa’s capital […]

Iowa teen who killed alleged rapist sentenced and fined

September 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US teenager who stabbed her alleged rapist to death has been sentenced by an Iowa court to five years’ probation. Pieper Lewis, 17, was also ordered to pay $150,000 (£130,000) to Zachary Brooks’ family […]

Man who had run in with police over Confederate flag allegedly murders two cops

November 2, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Two police officers were killed while sitting in their cars in the Des Moines, Iowa, area between 1:00 and 1:30 a.m. local time Tuesday night. Police have arrested 46-year-old Scott Michael Greene, 46, who turned […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]