She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...

South Korean man cleared of killing teenager after spending 20 years in jail for her murder

By CNN,

A South Korean man who wrongfully spent 20 years in prison for killing a teenager has been cleared of her murder following a high-profile court case t...

south korean man

Imprisoned nearly 40 years, Michigan man freed after witness recants her story

By CNN,

A Michigan man, Walter Forbes, was a young college student in 1982 when he stepped between two groups fighting outside a bar in his small town. Als...

Julius Wambua , prison diaries , recants testimony

A woman was killed by her husband and in-laws. They were sentenced to three years in prison

By CNN,

A Chinese court made a rare move to calm public outrage this week over a controversial murder case involving a young woman killed by her husband and i...

chinese

British serial killer dies after contracting COVID-19

By CNN,

British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has died in hospital aged 74 after contracting Covid-19, the UK Ministry of Justice said Friday. Nicknamed th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Peter Sutcliffe , serial killer

No reprieve for Ruth Kamande over death sentence for stabbing boyfriend 22 times

By Citizen Reporter,

The Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence of Ruth Kamande, an inmate at Lang’ata Women's Prison. The Office of the Director of Prosecutio...

death sentence , Kamande , Lang'ata Women's Maximum-Security Prison , Langata Womens Prisons

Kirinyaga residents urged to embrace routine cancer screening

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Kirinyaga County have been urged to embrace routine screening for cancer to enable early diagnosis and timely treatment. Speaking duri...

Court of Appeal sets aside life sentence for Rwandan woman convicted of killing friend over ‘mzungu’ boyfriend

By Dzuya Walter,

The Court of Appeal on Friday set aside a previous High Court ruling that sentenced to life a Rwandan woman who was found guilty of killing her female...

Court of Appeal , Judge Jessie Lesiit , murder

Envelope with deadly poison ricin addressed to White House intercepted

By Tonny Ndungu,

An envelope addressed to the White House and intercepted by U.S. authorities contained a substance identified as ricin, a deadly poison that appeared ...

Ricin

Porn star charged with sexually assaulting four women

By CNN,

Porn star Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014, Los ...

Adult Films , rape , Ron Jeremy , Sexual assault

Jailed Iranian journalist faces new ‘absurd’ charge

By VOA,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charge" brought against jailed Iranian journalist and human rights advocate Narges Mo...

Iranian journalist , Narges Mohammadi , reporters without borders

Two women killed by family members after leaked video of them kissing man emerges

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ...

honor killing , Human Rights Commission , pakistan , Qandeel Baloch , World Economic Forum

Two Pakistani women murdered in so-called honor killing

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ag...

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Outrage after man was sentenced to death via Zoom in Nigeria’s first ever virtual ruling

By CNN,

A man in Nigeria was sentenced to death via the popular video conferencing app Zoom this week, sparking condemnation from rights groups who described ...

coronavirus , Nigeria , olalekan hameed , Zoom

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

KOT tell off Orengo after tweet saying he drove himself to Parliament

By Tonny Ndungu,

On Friday, Siaya senator James Orengo took to Twitter to announce to his followers that he had driven himself to the parliament to partake in a mandat...

Coronavirus in Kenya , Senator Orengo

Seven years after bus rape and murder shocked the world, attackers hanged in India

By CNN,

Four men have been executed for the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in 2012, a case that shone a global spotlight on ...

Man who killed 19 at disabled facility sentenced to death

By CNN,

A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for killing 19 people at disabled facility. Nine men and 10 women, ranging in age from 18 to 70, were ki...

japanese serial killer

3 men sentenced to 125 years each over drowning of Syrian boy

By CNN,

Three human traffickers have been sentenced in a Turkish court to 125 years each in prison over the tragic drowning in 2015 of Syrian toddler Alan K...

Alan Kurdi , human traffickers , Syria

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault

By CNN,

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday in a New York courtroom. Weinstein, 67, arrived to his sentencing hearing in a wheel...

Harvey Weinstein