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New Mexico: Police find 11 starving children in compound

August 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children who were being kept in squalid conditions in a remote desert compound. They said the children, aged one to 15, had no […]

Colorado pastor hunting treasure from poem ‘found dead’ in New Mexico

June 20, 2017 World Justice News 0

The body of a Colorado pastor in search of a hidden treasure worth $2m (1.5m) has been found in New Mexico’s Rio Grande River, according to police. Paris Wallace, 52, was reported missing a week […]

Rapist released after guilty verdict, ordered to turn himself in on Monday

October 7, 2016 Kate Adan 0

Mario Lopez, 61, of Las Cruces, NM, was released on a $15,000 unsecured bond shortly after the jury announced its guilty verdict Thursday. An unsecured bond is one in which the person bonding signs an […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]