Iowa – World Justice News

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 […]

Iowa shooting: Child and parents shot dead while camping

July 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

A six-year-old girl and her parents have been shot dead while camping in the US state of Iowa, police have said. The bodies of Sarah and Tyler Schmidt, both 42, and their daughter Lula were […]

Mollie Tibbetts: Farm worker gets life for murdering Iowa student

August 31, 2021 World Justice News 0

A farm worker has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of student Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Bahena Rivera had been found guilty of her murder in May. The […]

How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers ‘with $40m’

July 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The day after his 29th birthday in May, Olalekan Jacob Ponle posted a picture on his Instagram standing next to a bright yellow Lamborghini in Dubai. “Stop letting people make you feel guilty for the […]

Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag

December 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US judge has handed down a sentence of at least 15 years to a man who stole an LGBT pride flag from a church and burned it outside a strip club. Adolfo Martinez, 30, […]

Killer claims his life sentence is served because he briefly died

November 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in the US has refused to release a convict who argued that he had completed his life sentence when he briefly “died”. Benjamin Schreiber, 66, was sentenced to life without parole in Iowa […]

Celia Barquín: European golf champion murdered in Iowa

September 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murder, hours after prominent Spanish golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena was found dead on an Iowa golf course. Barquín, 22, won the European Ladies’ Amateur championship in July and was […]

Iowa drops inmate sanctions in ‘unusual’ case (Joe Byrd)

July 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Ending a case that’s been called a remarkable injustice, prison officials have dropped all sanctions imposed on an Iowa inmate for his role in an alleged 2009 gang rape that he […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]