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Jury selection starts in IS Beatle jihadist trial

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

A British-born man who was one of the so-called Islamic State Beatles is on trial in a US federal court, accused of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder several Western journalists and aid workers. El Shafee […]

US Supreme Court backs right to be touched at execution by pastor

March 24, 2022 World Justice News 0

The top US court has ruled in favour of a Texas inmate who had argued it is his right to have his pastor touch him and offer a prayer during his execution. John Henry Ramirez […]

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US attorney general halts federal executions restarted under Trump

July 2, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US attorney general has ordered a pause on federal executions that were resumed in 2020 under the Trump administration after a 17-year hiatus. Merrick Garland, the US government’s top lawyer, also ordered a review […]

South Carolina court halts executions until firing squad is available

June 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A high court in the US state of South Carolina has blocked two executions until the inmates are given the choice of death by electrocution or firing squad. A new law requires inmates on death […]

South Carolina moves closer to allowing death by firing squad

May 8, 2021 World Justice News 0

South Carolina lawmakers have passed a bill to allow inmates on death row to be executed by firing squad in the absence of lethal injection drugs. When signed into law, it will make South Carolina […]

Dustin Higgs: Final execution of Trump presidency is carried out

January 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

Dustin Higgs, an inmate on death row in Indiana, has died in the final federal execution of the Trump presidency just days before he leaves office. Higgs was convicted in the killings of three women […]

Lisa Montgomery: Judge halts execution of only woman on US death row

January 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US judge has granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery – just hours before the only woman on America’s federal death row was due to be given a lethal injection. Judge James Hanlon […]

In his final days in office, Trump orders series of executions

December 10, 2020 World Justice News 0

As President Donald Trump’s days in the White House wane, his administration is racing through a string of federal executions. Five executions are scheduled before President-elect Joe Biden’s 20 January inauguration – breaking with an […]

Nirbhaya case: Four Indian men executed for 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder

March 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

Four Indian men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012 have been hanged. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were sentenced to death by a […]

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Delhi bus rape: Indian court issues death warrants

January 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

An Indian court has set an execution date for four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student in the capital, Delhi. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]