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Samuel Little: US serial killer ‘admits 90 murders’

November 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

An imprisoned murderer is being investigated after confessing to 90 killings across four decades in the US. The FBI believe Samuel Little, who is 78, may be among the most prolific serial killers in US […]

3D-printed gun pioneer Cody Wilson charged with sexual assault

September 20, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Texas man who has played a central role in making 3D-printed weapons available has been charged with sexually assaulting an underage girl. A warrant was issued for Cody Wilson but he flew to Taiwan […]

US ‘serial killer’ border agent arrested in Texas

September 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A US Border Patrol agent has been arrested in the state of Texas on suspicion of killing four women. Officers began looking for Juan David Ortiz in the city of Laredo after a fifth woman […]

Texas officer kills man in flat she mistakes for her own

September 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

A police officer in the US state of Texas has shot and killed a man in a flat after mistakenly thinking she was in her own unit, police say. The unnamed Dallas officer entered the […]

Roy Oliver: Ex-police officer jailed for Jordan Edwards shooting

August 30, 2018 World Justice News 0

An ex-police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager in Texas. Roy Oliver, who is white, fired a rifle into a car that was driving away […]

Austin bombings: Suspect dead after detonating device

March 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

A suspect linked with a series of deadly parcel bombs targeting Austin, Texas, is dead after a major police operation, officials say. The suspect was killed after detonating a device when officers approached his car […]

Conviction overturned for man electrocuted by Texas judge

March 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Texas appeals court has overturned a man’s conviction after finding a judge had inappropriately electrocuted him in court, US media report. Terry Lee Morris was convicted of soliciting sexual performance from a child and […]

Execution stay for cancer-hit Alabama inmate with damaged veins

February 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has reportedly granted a temporary stay of execution to a cancer-stricken death row inmate in the state of Alabama. Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, argued his veins were too damaged from cancer […]

How US death penalty capital changed its mind

February 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

Texas remains the strictest applicant of the US death penalty but its increasing reluctance to put criminals to death reflects a national trend. Kent Whitaker supported the death penalty until his son, who arranged for […]

Texas man executed for killing his two daughters

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who shot and killed his two daughters in 2001 was executed in Texas on Thursday evening. John Battaglia, 62, called the girls’ mother before murdering his six and nine-year-old daughters in his Dallas […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]