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Texas puts inmate to death for first time since the botched Tennessee execution of Christa Pike

October 8, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection – despite objections following Christa Pike’s botched execution last week. Jamaal Howard, 46, is the first inmate to be executed in the […]

Christa Pike ‘conscious and speaking at hospital’ after failed execution in US

October 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee’s failed execution, her lawyers say. The convicted murderer was given two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug used by the US […]

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Supreme Court temporarily unfreezes Trump ballroom construction

August 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has temporarily allowed construction of the White House ballroom to move forward. The decision on Friday by Chief Justice John Roberts, issued as a stay, will allow US President Donald Trump’s […]

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

One win and three defeats for Trump in dramatic day at Supreme Court

June 30, 2026 World Justice News 0

On the second-to-last day of Supreme Court decisions for this term, the justices delivered a big win for Donald Trump. But beneath the headline-generating ruling on expansive presidential power, the court gave some indications that […]

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 World Justice News 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 […]

Ghislaine Maxwell set to appear before US Congress in Epstein probe

January 22, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is set to appear before a US congressional committee next month. The British former socialite, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex […]

What is the Insurrection Act?

January 18, 2026 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump has again threatened to invoke a rarely used 19th Century law, this time to deploy the military to Minneapolis, Minnesota where thousands continue to protest against the large presence of US Immigration […]

US Supreme Court appears poised to expand Trump’s power to fire federal officials

December 9, 2025 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared to side on Monday with the Trump administration in a case that could have major implications for the independence of federal agencies long shielded from the White House. […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

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Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]