Editorials Feb 13, 2020
To help prevent a recurrence of abhorrent crimes against the disabled, society as a whole needs to come to grips with the widespread prejudice and discrimination against such people, and take steps to amend the situation.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 24, 2020
20 states sue Trump administration to block spread of plans for 3D printed guns
Twenty U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block what they called its latest effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3D printers to be released on the internet, threatening a proliferation of "ghost guns" that spread violence. Led by Washington state ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 14, 2020
The man accused of stabbing at least five people in a machete rampage at the home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration could face a death penalty trial if one of his alleged victims, still in a coma, dies, a judge said ...
World / Politics Jan 13, 2020
Malta's new leader vows to strengthen rule of law after predecessor exits under cloud
Malta's incoming leader, Robert Abela, promised to strengthen the rule of law and said the country would emerge stronger after recent events, in an address on Sunday a day before he is due to succeed Joseph Muscat as prime minister. Muscat is stepping down following ...
World / Crime & Legal Dec 28, 2019
Mexican authorities have arrested a municipal police chief for his suspected links to the killing of three women and six children of U.S.-Mexican origin in northern Mexico last month, local media and an official said on Friday. Suspected drug cartel hit men shot dead the ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 24, 2019
Suspect to admit in court to mass murder at Sagamihara disabled care home
A man accused of killing 19 residents and injuring dozens more at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2016 said Monday he will admit to charges of murder and attempted murder at his trial, which is slated to ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 11, 2019
Man appeals life sentence over murder of 7-year-old girl in Niigata
A man filed an appeal Wednesday after he was handed a life sentence earlier this month for the 2018 murder of a 7-year-old girl in the city of Niigata, his lawyer said. The defense team for Haruka Kobayashi, 25, had requested a sentence with a ...
National / Crime & Legal Dec 6, 2019
Tokyo High Court changes Peruvian man's death sentence to life in prison
The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave a Peruvian man life in prison Thursday over the 2015 murder of six people in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. The court ruled that Vayron Jonathan Nakada Ludena, 34, who was found guilty of robbery ...
World / Crime & Legal Dec 5, 2019
The self-confessed middleman in the murder of a journalist told a court on Wednesday a wealthy Maltese businessman was the brains behind the killing but said people tied to government might also be implicated. Melvin Theuma received immunity from prosecution last week for information that ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 29, 2019
Maltese businessman accuses top government officials in murder case
A prominent Maltese businessman has offered to testify against top government officials over the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and said the prime minister has a conflict of interest in the case. Lawyers for the businessman, Yorgen Fenech, on Thursday deposited in court ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 29, 2019
Man accused of role in Malta journalist's assassination details plot to kill for €150,000
One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbor-front cafe near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese. Degiorgio didn't stay long. A few minutes later, he jumped back into the ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 28, 2019
Japanese man pleads guilty to deadly knife rampage on shinkansen
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a passenger and trying to kill two others in a random knife attack on a shinkansen last year. According to the indictment, Ichiro Kojima, 23, seriously wounded two women in their 20s with a machete on the Nozomi ...