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Georgia judge dismisses 2020 election interference case against Trump

November 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A judge in Georgia has dismissed a sprawling 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump, ending the last effort to prosecute the president for allegedly attempting to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. Peter Skandalakis, […]

Third former Trump lawyer pleads guilty to trying to overturning election loss in Georgia

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A third former lawyer has pled guilty to attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Jenna Ellis, who was a member of the then president’s legal team, reached a plea deal with […]

Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy

October 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

A former lawyer to Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in an election subversion case in the US state of Georgia. Kenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with […]

Sidney Powell: Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election case

October 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

Former Donald Trump lawyer Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty to six charges in the Georgia election interference case. Powell, who was charged alongside the former president, reached a deal with prosecutors and will now testify […]

Historic mugshot: Donald Trump booked on 13 election fraud charges in Georgia

August 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been formally booked by authorities in Georgia over accusations he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. The 77-year-old had his mugshot taken – a historic […]

Family claim man was ‘eaten alive’ by bed bugs in Atlanta jail

April 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who died in an Atlanta jail cell was “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs”, the family’s lawyer has alleged. Lashawn Thompson was jailed on a misdemeanour and placed in the Fulton County […]

Georgia grand jury report into Donald Trump remains sealed – for now

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Georgia judge has said that a grand jury report on former President Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss will remained sealed – for now. The report contains the findings of an eight-month […]

Young Thug trial: Essay-writing punishment for woman who skipped jury duty

January 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

A woman in Georgia who skipped jury duty was ordered by the judge to write a 30-page essay on the importance of jury service. Identified only as Juror #64, she had been on a trip […]

Young Thug: How rap lyrics put a rapper behind bars

August 31, 2022 World Justice News 0

Was a Grammy-winning rapper singing about crimes he committed or simply expressing himself as an artist? New legislation in the US sets guardrails on the use of lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. Under the […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

Five-year-old detained in Minnesota ICE raid must be freed, judge rules

February 1, 2026 0

A US federal judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father who were detained by ICE officers during a raid in Minnesota. Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo […]