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Texas jail victims’ family sue over deaths in custody

August 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

Family members of inmates at a jail in Harris County, Texas are suing the county over claims officers brutally beat their loved ones and denied them critical medical treatment. Attorney Ben Crump has filed a […]

Justice department sues Texas over floating barrier in Rio Grande river

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Biden administration has sued Texas over a floating barrier installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants on the US-Mexico border. The barrier, made partly of orange buoys attached by […]

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How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat

July 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

As temperatures rise, prisoners locked in cells without air conditioning – and the staff guarding them – are struggling. Calvin Johnson spent 37 years in a Texas state prison, including 37 summers in a jail […]

El Paso Walmart gunman who killed 23 sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison

July 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison. The 24-year-old had pleaded guilty after federal prosecutors said they would not […]

Court orders Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison

May 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court has ruled that disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must report to prison while she appeals against her fraud conviction. Holmes, 39, had asked a judge to remain free while she fought against her […]

US Army sergeant sentenced to 25 years for shooting protester

May 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

A US Army sergeant convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 has been sentenced to 25 years in a case that has outraged conservatives. A judge sentenced Daniel Perry, 36, on Wednesday, […]

Eight killed after car ploughs into Texas bus stop

May 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Eight people have been killed and at least 10 injured after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a city bus stop, police in Brownsville, Texas, said on Sunday. Brownsville police investigator Lieutenant […]

Multiple casualties at Allen, Texas mall shooting

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A gunman has opened fire on shoppers at an outlet mall north of Dallas, Texas, causing multiple casualties. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall in the city of Allen, as eyewitnesses described a […]

Texas shooting: Man suspected of killing five neighbours arrested after being found hiding under laundry pile

May 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man suspected of killing five neighbours in Texas has been arrested following a four-day manhunt. The search for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began on Friday after he fled from the scene of the shooting in […]

Gunman kills five, including child, at Texas home

April 29, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five people – including an eight-year-old boy – have been killed in a shooting in Texas after they asked a man to stop firing rounds in his garden because they were trying to sleep. Authorities […]

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 […]