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Luigi Mangione charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson

December 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Nicholas Mangione was arrested on Monday after a McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer, who was found with a gun, mask […]

Ex-president Donald Trump injured in assassination attempt at rally that leaves spectator and gunman dead

July 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump has been shot and injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally, which saw a spectator and the gunman killed. The former president escaped with a bullet wound to his ear in […]

Toronto gold heist: Police arrest alleged gun-runner linked to C$20m airport theft

April 18, 2024 World Justice News 0

Canadian police have made arrests and issued nine warrants in the biggest gold theft in the country’s history. More than 6,500 gold bars worth C$20m ($14.5m/£11.6m), were stolen from Toronto Pearson Airport, in April 2023, […]

Nurse now facing multiple charges of administering lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to 22 patients in Pennsylvania care homes

November 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

A nurse is facing multiple charges of administering lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to 22 patients at several health care centres across Pennsylvania. Heather Pressdee was charged on Thursday with two counts of […]

Danelo Cavalcante: Police dog ‘subdued’ crawling Pennsylvania fugitive

September 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A police dog set upon a fugitive as he tried to crawl away in thick underbrush two weeks after his escape from a prison in the US state of Pennsylvania, authorities have said. Danelo Cavalcante, […]

Danelo Cavalcante: Family ‘terrified’ by killer’s escape from US jail

September 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A prison break by a murderer in Pennsylvania has left his victim’s family “terrified” and under 24-hour police protection, says a prosecutor. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, stabbed his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao to death in front of […]

Convicted murderer escapes from Pennsylvania prison just a week after being sentenced to life for murder

September 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

A massive manhunt is under way in Pennsylvania for a prison inmate who escaped just a week after being sentenced to life in prison for murder. Brazilian national Danelo Cavalcante, 34, escaped from Chester County […]

Gunman behind Pittsburgh synagogue shooting will be sentenced to death

August 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

A gunman will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found Robert Bowers guilty in June for the October 2018 attack in […]

Michael Burnham: US inmate with ‘survivalist skills’ in Pennsylvania jail break

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A suspected murderer with “survivalist skills” has broken out of a Pennsylvania jail by climbing on exercise equipment and is now the subject of a multi-state manhunt. Michael Burnham escaped from a jail in Warren, […]

Criminology graduate student held in Idaho student murders

December 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

US police say they have arrested a criminology graduate in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho over six weeks ago. Police named the suspect as Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28. […]

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 […]