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Victims’ family members tell Sampson to ‘rot in hell’

February 4, 2017 zoshinuk 0

UPDATE from http://worldjusticenews.com/news/2016/11/02/gary-sampson-sentencing-retrial-begins-death-penalty-possible/ Two families united by the brutal murders of their loved ones watched killer Gary Lee Sampson stand in court and get sentenced to death again. During his weeklong July 2001 murder spree […]

Norma Bell murder: Gareth Dack sentenced to 33 years in prison

February 2, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A drug dealer who killed a foster mother and torched her home to destroy the evidence has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years. Gareth Dack strangled Norma Bell at her […]

Iceland gripped by murder mystery of 20-year-old shop worker who vanished after night out with friends

January 24, 2017 zoshinuk 0

It’s a murder mystery with all the hallmarks of a Nordic noir. A beautiful young woman disappeared in the early hours of a foggy night in Iceland. Following a frantic phone call by her mother […]

Judge: Prosecutors can try to connect ex-Pat’s tats to slayings

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Prosecutors will be allowed to try and connect Aaron Hernandez’s gun tattoos to the shootings the former Patriot stands accused of — body art that could be seen as an “implied admission” to the crimes, […]

Teen gangster sentenced as adult to life in prison

January 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A Winnipeg teen convicted in the gang-on-gang murder of William Moar inside a Main Street eatery has been sentenced as an adult to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years. Dylan […]

NECC owner murder trial set to get underway today

January 9, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Fifteen jurors will hear opening statements this morning in the federal racketeering trial of a Wrentham businessman accused of murdering 25 pain sufferers with mold-contaminated medication his pharmacy manufactured in filthy conditions and then shipped […]

Crown to appeal ruling overturning Dennis Oland’s murder conviction

January 4, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

SAINT JOHN, N.B. – New Brunswick prosecutors say they will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal a court ruling overturning Dennis Oland’s murder conviction – while the defence says it may […]

Two brothers are arrested for stabbing dad to death in Target toy aisle as he shopped with his four-year-old son

December 30, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Two brothers accused of stabbing a father to death in front of his four-year-old son at a Target store in the San Francisco Bay Area on Christmas Eve have been charged with murder. Tyrone Griffin […]

Murder Detectives Extract Data From Amazon Echo Speaker Device

December 28, 2016 World Justice News 0

US police investigating a murder have tussled with Amazon over access to data gathered by one of its Amazon Echo speakers. The voice-controlled device was found near to a hot tub where the victim was […]

Florence court convicts Cheik Tidiane Diaw of murdering Ashley Olsen

December 22, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A Senegalese man has been convicted by a court in Florence of murdering Ashley Olsen, a 35-year-old native of Florida whose death shocked the Italian city’s small art community. Cheik Tidiane Diaw, 27, was sentenced […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]