Hong Kong's senior superintendent Steve Li holds up a copy of one of the books at the center of the case. DANIEL SUEN/AFP via Getty Images Five speech therapists in Hong Kong have been convicted of sedition for publishing three books. The illustrated children's books depict sheep warriors defending their homes from evil wolves. A […]
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Trump called on lawmakers to institute the ‘death penalty for drug dealers’ despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Trump spoke at a rally Saturday for the first time since the August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he was calling on lawmakers to institute capital punishment for drug dealers. But before leaving office, Trump pardoned […]
Hitman convicted thanks to fitness watch location data
An alleged hitman has learned hard lessons about the the value of GPS data on fitness watches. A Liverpool jury has found Mark Fellows guilty of the 2015 murder of mob boss Paul Massey in part thanks to location info from the accused’s Garmin Forerunner. An expert inspecting the watch’s info discovered that Fellows had […]
Court bans Brazil’s ex-President Lula, convicted of corruption, from running for office again
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has his presidential bid stalled after the Latin American country’s top electoral court ruled on Friday the veteran politician is ineligible to run due to his corruption conviction. Four judges out of a seven-member panel denied Lula the right to stand for the election following a tedious […]
Saudi Arabia beheads & crucifies convicted criminal in Mecca
An execution in Saudi Arabia has again caused a media stir after a man was beheaded and crucified in Mecca for murder, robbery and rape. It comes amid a human rights spat between the ultra-conservative kingdom and Canada. The Myanmar man was convicted of killing a woman and other crimes, the state-run Saudi Press Agency […]
Uber driver who struck, killed young girl is convicted of vehicular manslaughter
Enlarge / A woman walks into the Uber Corporate Headquarters building in San Francisco, California on February 05, 2018. (credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) A now-former Uber driver who struck a San Francisco family with his car on December 31, 2013—killing a six-year-old girl named Sophia Liu in the process—was convicted of vehicular manslaughter on August […]
Jordanian immigrant convicted for ‘honor killings’ in Texas may be put to death
A Houston court has found a Jordanian immigrant guilty of the ‘honor killing’ of his daughter’s husband and masterminding the murder of her friend in 2012. Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan now faces life imprisonment or the death penalty. Read more Furious that his daughter Nesreen had chosen to convert from Islam to Christianity and marry an […]
Convicted turtle trafficker goes international while on probation, gets caught again
A South Carolina man previously convicted of turtle trafficking is facing jail time again for the same crime after pleading guilty to charges of smuggling up to $ 400,000 worth of protected reptiles from Hong Kong to the US. Federal prosecutors said that Steven Verren Baker, 38, of Holly Hill, South Carolina, pleaded guilty on […]
Woman Convicted of Charging $500K to Boss’ Business Cards
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Supreme Court orders new trial for Alberta parents convicted in meningitis death of toddler
Seven Supreme Court of Canada judges have agreed with the legal team of a former Alberta couple, Collet and David Stephan, that the trial judge erred in instructions to the 2016 jury who convicted the couple in the death of their toddler son.