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Bryan Kohberger who murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022 jailed for life

July 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Bryan Kohberger who murdered four University of Idaho students in November 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison – as the mother of one of his victims expressed her disappointment that he won’t be […]

Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students

July 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death has agreed to plead guilty to the murders, in a move that would spare him from the death penalty. Bryan Kohberger, 30, was […]

US says leaders of white supremacist group plotted global attacks online

September 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

US prosecutors in California charged two people with running a white supremacist group on the messaging app Telegram to inspire acts of violence across the country. In a 37-page indictment unsealed on Monday, Dallas Erin […]

Chad Daybell sentenced to death in the sex, money and dark spirits doomsday murders trial

June 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

Self-styled prophet Chad Daybell told the world the apocalypse was coming and spoke of dark spirits, but prosecutors say he lusted for sex, money and power. Now the former gravedigger has been sentenced to death […]

Canada police say dead US rapist was a serial killer

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man who died in a US prison where he was serving a sentence for rape also has been identified as a serial killer. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Gary Allen Srery, who […]

Woman, 85, shoots dead masked intruder while handcuffed to a chair in ‘heroic act of self-preservation’

April 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

An 85-year-old woman shot and killed a masked intruder who broke into her home and handcuffed her to a wooden chair – with a prosecutor calling it “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation […]

Escaped prisoner and suspected accomplice from white supremacist gang caught after manhunt

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

An escaped prisoner and his alleged accomplice, both members of a white supremacist gang, have been arrested by police in the US after a massive manhunt. Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, the […]

Lori Vallow: Cult mum who killed children sentenced to life in prison

August 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two youngest children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s former wife. Lori Vallow Daybell, 50, was […]

Lori Vallow: US doomsday cult mum guilty of murdering children, rival

May 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

An Idaho mother in a doomsday cult has been found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband’s former wife, in a case that shocked the US. Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, […]

Idaho to let prisoners on death row be executed by firing squad if no lethal injections available

March 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Idaho will allow prisoners on death row to be executed by firing squad due to a US nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs. Dwindling supplies of the substances needed have increasingly seen pharmaceutical companies ban […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]