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Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions

September 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

Judges in Seattle have decided to quash convictions for marijuana possession for anyone prosecuted in the city between 1996 and 2010. City Attorney Pete Homes asked the court to take the step “to right the […]

South Africa’s highest court legalises cannabis use

September 18, 2018 World Justice News 0

South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark […]

Canada legalises recreational cannabis use

June 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

Canada’s parliament has passed a law legalising the recreational use of marijuana nationwide. The Cannabis Act passed its final hurdle on Tuesday in a 52-29 vote in the Senate. The bill controls and regulates how […]

Promise of legal pot some day soon doesn’t help budtenders arrested for trafficking

March 28, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Canadians may be able to celebrate Canada Day in 2018 by legally smoking a joint, but that’s small consolation to the 21-year-old clerk who was working the security desk at the Cannabis Culture shop on […]

Weed Activists Freaking Out Over Sessions Hearing

January 10, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Marijuana activists are anxious over President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, claiming he will orchestrate a federal crackdown on legal weed. Sessions, who is having his confirmation hearing […]

American known as ‘Godfather of Grass’ arrested in Montreal

December 23, 2016 WJN Administrator 1

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Authorities say an American man known as the “Godfather of Grass” has been arrested in Montreal after eight years on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service says authorities sought John Robert “Johnny” […]

‘Prince of pot’ Marc Emery arrested during marijuana dispensary raids in Montreal

December 18, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Montreal police arrested Canada’s self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot” Friday night and seized 18 kilograms of cannabis a day after the splashy opening of six illegal marijuana dispensaries across the city. Dozens of officers raided the […]

Judge: PA man can’t use Castle Doctrine defense for killing home intruder

December 9, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

A Washington County man has been ordered held without bail after he was arraigned on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of an unarmed intruder last month. Fifty-three-year-old David Murray was charged Thursday with 77 […]

Canadian Ecstasy Smuggler, Extradited from Canada, Pleads Guilty in Boston

October 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

David Nguyen, 40, of Toronto, Canada, pleaded guilty to charges in connection with smuggling marijuana and MDMA into Salem from Toronto, Canada, and laundering the profits. Authorities arrested him, in 2014 in Canada before he […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]