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Seven men on the run after escaping from New Orleans jail – maybe inside help

May 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Seven prisoners could be “frankly anywhere” in the US after breaking out of a New Orleans jail. Authorities have been left wondering – how did they do it? The audacious escape saw 10 men flee […]

Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk
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Lawmakers visit students Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk as they face deportation

April 23, 2025 World Justice News 0

A team of Democratic lawmakers have met two foreign students who are currently in immigration detention in Louisiana as the White House seeks to deport them. The group visited two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) […]

Mahmoud Khalil
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Immigration Judge rules Palestinian student activist can be deported from US

April 12, 2025 World Justice News 0

Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported from the US, an immigration judge has ruled. Mr Khalil, a postgraduate student at Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs, has been a prominent figure […]

Rumeysa Ozturk arrest
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ICE detains international student at Tufts University in Massachusetts and revokes visa

March 27, 2025 World Justice News 0

SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, had just left her home […]

Combipack of Mifepristone and Misoprostol
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New York doctor indicted for prescribing Louisiana teen abortion pill

February 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

A New York doctor has been indicted for allegedly sending abortion pills to a teenager in Louisiana, in what could be the first time a provider has faced criminal charges for mailing the medication since […]

Jeff Landry
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Louisiana orders every classroom to display Ten Commandments

June 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

Louisiana has become the first US state to order that every public school classroom up to university level must display a poster of the Ten Commandments. The Republican-backed measure signed into law by Governor Jeff […]

Louisiana State Penitentiary
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Convicted paedophiles could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration in Louisiana

June 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

Paedophiles found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration in addition to prison time. Politicians in the US state gave final approval to a […]

Glynn Simmons
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Glynn Simmons: Freedom ‘exhilarating’ for man exonerated after 48 years

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Glynn Simmons took a long glance out the window of the car passenger seat as he drove with a friend along the freeway to Tulsa, Oklahoma. His gaze was fixated on the night sky, lit […]

Greg Lawson
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Louisiana man who was on the run for more than 30 years chuckled as police handcuffed him

September 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

A fugitive convicted of attempted murder who evaded police for more than 30 years has been caught. Greg Lawson, who had been on the run for 32 years, laughed and asked officers “how are you […]

Melvin Emde
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Melvin Emde: Oklahoma man wanted on child rape charge arrested after ‘faking own death in kayaking accident’

September 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man who is facing a child rape charge has been arrested after faking his own death in a kayaking accident, Louisiana police have said. Melvin Emde, 41, was detained after crashing his motorbike while […]

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