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Thai court sentences Spanish man to death for grisly murder

April 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A Thai court sentenced a Spanish man to death on Friday for the grisly murder of a fellow Spaniard whose dismembered body parts were discovered in Bangkok’s main river last year. Artur Segarra, 38, was […]

N.Y. man sentenced to at least 25 years in 1979 case of missing boy Etan Patz

April 19, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

NEW YORK — Almost four decades after first-grader Etan Patz set out for school and ended up at the heart of one of America’s most influential missing-child cases, a former store clerk convicted of killing him […]

Unsung Hero: Viola Gregg Liuzzo, Civil Rights Martyr

April 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Today marks the 92nd birthday of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, the only known white woman killed during the Civil Rights Movement. Liuzzo has a special place in American history, but it was a long, hard road […]

Man charged over mother and son killing

March 31, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with the murder of a mother and her 13-year-old son who were stabbed to death at their home. Tracey Wilkinson and her son Pierce were killed in the attack in […]

‘The pain never goes away’: Prom night killer sentenced

March 31, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Kodey Carisse’s last memories of her brother, Brandon Volpi, are of him laughing and smiling in his prom night photos. Now, there is just an emptiness that comes with the sorrow of a life taken […]

Veteran charged with murder as terrorism in landmark New York City case for allegedly killing black man

March 27, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A white Maryland man accused of prowling the streets of New York City for a black person to “assassinate” has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism — the first time the Manhattan […]

Bronx man charged with hijacking ambulance, killing EMT worker has a ‘special place in hell,’ colleagues hurl

March 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The long-haired madman accused of fatally mowing down an FDNY first responder with a stolen ambulance was surrounded by his victim’s uniformed colleagues as cops escorted him from a precinct house in the Bronx early […]

Police hunt suspect in murder of TAO woman

March 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

THAILAND: PATHUM THANI – Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a man they suspect murdered a woman, who appeared to have been married the previous day, in her car on Tuesday. Pol Col Amnuayphan […]

Troadec case: Brother-in-law admits murdering missing family of four

March 6, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A relative of a French family of four who have been missing since mid-February has admitted killing them, media reports say. Pascal Troadec’s former brother-in-law, named as Hubert C, reportedly told investigators he had killed […]

Helen Bailey murder: Fiance Ian Stewart found guilty

February 22, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The fiance of a children’s author who drugged and suffocated her before throwing her body in a hidden cesspit has been found guilty of murder. Ian Stewart, 56, had denied murdering Helen Bailey at their […]

Human Rights

France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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 […]