How posting on Facebook could send you to jail
Source: BBC News BY Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent Is your last post on Facebook going to land you in jail? It might do if it ruins a criminal trial. And […]
Indian court jails self-styled ‘godman’ for 20 years, security tight
Source: Reuters BY Adnan Abidi ROHTAK, India (Reuters) – An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled “godman”, whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last […]
India guru rape: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh jailed for 20 years
Source: BBC News A controversial Indian guru convicted of rape on Friday has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Indian media reported that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s followers set a vehicle […]
India guru rape case: 23 die in unrest as Ram Rahim Singh convicted
Source: BBC News At least 23 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in north India. The victims are believed to […]
Driver Charged With Attempted Murder of 12 at S.C. Cemetery
Source: MSN.com BY Alastair Jamieson and Gemma DiCasimirro A 64-year-old driver has been charged with the attempted murder of 12 people at a Columbia, South Carolina cemetery after police say he […]
Why So Many Mass Shooters Have Domestic Violence in Their Past
Source: Time BY Charlotte Alter Jun 14, 2017 James T. Hodgkinson, who injured Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and several others when he opened fire on Republican members of Congress and […]
The Virginia Shooting and America’s Creeping National Disease
Source: Time BY Michael Scherer Jun 15, 2017 Congressional baseball is a quaint throwback of a sport, not just for the aging players who take the field but for the […]
Religious conservatism doesn’t make a terrorist. But crime and exclusion can
Source: The Guardian BY Z Fareen Parvez In her comments in the aftermath of last weekend’s attacks in London, Theresa May suggested a new direction in the struggle against terrorism. […]
Father and son accused of rape want ‘only law book that truly matters’ at their trial: The Bible
Source: The Washington Post By Kristine Guerra A father and son accused of raping a teenage girl over a three-year period and keeping her shackled in a basement have made […]
Charleston church shooter: ‘I would like to make it crystal clear, I do not regret what I did’
Source: The Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky January 4 at 7:48 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six weeks after he shot and killed nine people at a Charleston church, Dylann Roof […]
Pope tells bishops to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse […]
UK: Boy, 16, charged with arson after huge Baitul Futuh Mosque fire which caused £6 million of damage
Source: Evening Standard A teenage boy has been charged with arson after a huge blaze caused £6 million worth of damage at a south London mosque. The 16-year-old, from Walton-on-Thames […]
Philippines: Duterte confirms he personally killed three men
Source: BBC The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed to the BBC that he shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. He said: “I killed about three […]
Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder of British Lawmaker Jo Cox
Source: Time By Suyin Haynes Thomas Mair was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder of British politician Jo Cox after a seven-day trial at London’s Old Bailey court. The 53-year-old unemployed gardener attacked the Labour MP in June, one week before the British referendum on leaving the […]
Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Linked to Homicide Increase
Source: Time By Josh Sanburn New study shows murder rate spike after law was implemented Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which gives widespread legal immunity to people who use lethal force in self-defense, may be responsible for an increase in homicides in the state, according to a new studyreleased Monday. Since […]
Devaluing ‘honour’
Source: Dawn BY AFIYA S. ZIA THE 2016 Amendment to Offences in the Name/ Pretext of Honour Act has had mixed reactions. Some celebrate the reforms while others consider these to be a mere ‘smokescreen’. For decades, legal and rights activists have campaigned against this specialised form of murder of women […]
Catholic University graduate alleges school was ‘indifferent’ to rape report
Source: The Washington Post By Nick Anderson October 13 at 5:22 PM A Catholic University graduate has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her alma mater was “deliberately indifferent” to […]
FLDS bishop Lyle Jeffs went missing while awaiting trial, but Feds suspect it’s probably not rapture
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Nigel Duara All that was left of the onetime bishop was an oily ankle monitor. What became of the ankle, and the rest of Lyle […]
Police Hunt Gunman Who Killed 5 at Washington Mall
Source: Time (BURLINGTON, Wash.) — Police searched Saturday for a gunman authorities said opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy’s store at a mall north of Seattle, killing four females and one man, before fleeing toward an interstate on foot. People fled, customers hid in dressing rooms and […]
Police Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Charged with First-Degree Manslaughter
Source: Time By Justin Juozapavicius and Sean Murphy / AP (TULSA, Okla.) — Less than a week after an unarmed black man was shot dead by a white police officer on a Tulsa street, prosecutors charged the officer with first-degree manslaughter, a decision that may prevent unrest in a city with […]