polygamy – World Justice News

Winston Blackmore and James Oler found guilty of polygamy in Bountiful, B.C.

July 25, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Winston Blackmore was making no apologies Monday after he and another former bishop of an isolated religious community in British Columbia were found guilty of practising polygamy. “I’m guilty of living my […]

Polygamy trial set to begin for Winston Blackmore, accused of marrying 24 times

April 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By Geordon Omand, Winston Blackmore of Bountiful is accused of having two dozen wives over a 25-year period. The legal fight dates back to the early 1990s when police first investigated allegations that residents of […]

Canadian polygamy law on trial for the first time in 127 years

April 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

By: Daphne Bramham It’s almost certainly going to come down to a battle over religious freedom when Canada’s 127-year-old polygamy law is tried for the first time in Canadian history. Canada’s best-known polygamist, Winston Kaye Blackmore, […]

Crown appeals acquittal of man charged in Bountiful polygamy case

February 16, 2017 zoshinuk 0

B.C.’s criminal justice branch is appealing the acquittal of a man linked to the polygamous community of Bountiful for unlawfully taking a girl across the border for a sexual purpose in 2004. B.C. Supreme Court […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]