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Oxford University employee in court over US murder

August 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

An Oxford University employee has appeared in a US court accused of murdering a 26-year-old man in Chicago. Somerville College’s Andrew Warren and US professor Wyndham Lathem, 42, are accused of fatally stabbing Trenton Cornell-Duranleau […]

Life sentence for fire murder brother

August 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who murdered his brother by setting fire to him has been ordered to spend at least 20 years in jail. Cameron Logan, 23, died in the blaze in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, and his […]

Reputed gang member-turned-cop guilty of murder

August 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

LOS ANGELES — A reputed gang member who beat a murder charge decades ago and went on to land a job as a police officer was convicted Thursday of the 30-year-old killing after DNA evidence […]

Mother faces murder trial over daughter’s disappearance

July 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A woman accused of murdering her 16-month-old daughter at Scone more than 16 years ago told varying stories about the whereabouts of the missing girl, including telling people “she’s in a better place”, Newcastle Supreme […]

‘Stop the violence’: Cousin of slain Perth man speaks out after guilty verdicts

July 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A cousin of slain Perth man Patrick Slater has called for violence amongst aboriginal people to be addressed after five men and a teenage boy were found guilty of his murder. The group stood trial […]

Man charged with murdering sleeping boy in Sydney

July 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has been charged with the “execution-style” killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot in his bed. Brayden Dillon was sleeping on Good Friday in April when a masked gunman entered his […]

New trial date for child murder suspect David Creato Jr.

July 5, 2017 WHUsBubbles 0

CAMDEN, N.J. A judge has set a new trial date for David Creato Jr., the New Jersey man accused of killing his son. The proceedings will begin on September 11, the judge said on Wednesday. […]

Father admits murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day

July 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has admitted murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day. Lee Parker, 33, of Britton Gardens in Kingswood, Bristol, inflicted “fatal and terrible” injuries on Aya Parker, Bristol Crown Court was told. The […]

Convicted rapist Michael Cardamone pleads guilty to barbaric murder of Victorian mother Karen Chetcuti

June 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The mother of a Victorian woman tortured and murdered by a rapist on parole has called for the man to be locked up for life, fearing that “no woman or child will be safe” if […]

Officer Van Dyke takes stand in hearing on Laquan McDonald’s killing

June 28, 2017 WJN Staff 0

The Chicago police officer at the center of a fatal shooting that has rocked the Police Department for 19 months took the witness stand Wednesday in a Cook County courtroom in a surprise development. Officer Jason […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]