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William Barr: US attorney general to leave post by Christmas

December 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

US Attorney General William Barr, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is stepping down before Christmas, the president has announced. Mr Barr’s term was due to end on 20 January, when Mr Trump leaves office. […]

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In his final days in office, Trump orders series of executions

December 10, 2020 World Justice News 0

As President Donald Trump’s days in the White House wane, his administration is racing through a string of federal executions. Five executions are scheduled before President-elect Joe Biden’s 20 January inauguration – breaking with an […]

US woman faces first federal execution since 1953

October 17, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US is to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in almost 70 years, the Justice Department said. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the […]

Trump says he has right to act on criminal cases

February 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump has tweeted he has “the legal right” to intervene in criminal cases after his attorney general complained White House tweets were making his job “impossible”. In his post, Mr Trump also […]

US federal executions halted over ‘potentially unlawful’ method

November 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Federal executions in the US have been halted over concerns that the method of carrying them out may be unlawful. Five men were due to be executed in Indiana in December and January, after the […]

Mueller report: Criminal probe into Russia inquiry begins

October 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US justice department has launched a criminal investigation into the origins of the Mueller inquiry, US media report. An administrative review into the special counsel’s investigation of 2016 election interference began in May. But […]

US government orders first federal executions since 2003

July 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US federal government is to resume executing death-row inmates after a 16-year hiatus, the justice department has announced. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement he had directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) […]

US House panel holds Attorney General William Barr in contempt

May 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US House of Representatives panel has voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress amid a showdown over the Mueller report. Democrats on the judiciary committee took the rare step after […]

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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 […]

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First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]