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Supreme Court: Senate panel deadlocks on Ketanji Brown Jackson

April 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US Senate panel has deadlocked in a vote to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, but she is set to be confirmed anyway later this week. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would […]

Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify over sex assault claim

September 27, 2018 World Justice News 0

The man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump emphatically denied allegations of sexual assault on Thursday. Brett Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee his confirmation process had become […]

Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford prepared statements

September 27, 2018 World Justice News 0

Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh released the prepared testimony for today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. What will happen […]

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Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]