An Australian court begins hearing appeals by convicted murderer Erin Patterson and the DPP. Patterson seeks to overturn her convictions for poisoning her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, while the DPP argues her sentence is manifestly inadequate.
Australian convicted murderer Erin Patterson is appealing her life sentence and conviction for poisoning relatives with toxic mushrooms, while prosecutors concurrently seek a harsher sentence.
The U.S. Justice Department finalized a rule allowing people barred from owning firearms due to criminal convictions to apply for gun rights reinstatement via a new online portal, championed by Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Australian cricketer David Warner has lamented that global media attention surrounding his mid-range drink-driving conviction has cost him valuable overseas commercial opportunities.
Australian convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson is appealing her conviction and life sentence for serving a toxic mushroom meal in Leongatha, Victoria, while prosecutors cross-appeal for a harsher sentence.
A Hong Kong Court of Appeal has upheld a 6.5-year jail sentence for Superintendent Harbour Chan Hoi-kong, who fraudulently obtained over HK$26 million in mortgages by hiding his police affiliation and falsely claiming a high-paying job at a food trading company.
The US Department of Homeland Security deported Jashandeep Singh from India and four others from Guatemala, Mexico, and Chile on August 3-6. The individuals had criminal convictions for offences including sexual coercion, homicide, and firearms violations.
Erin Patterson, convicted of murdering three relatives with poisonous mushrooms at a family lunch in Victoria, is returning to court to seek leave to appeal her convictions and sentence.
Entertainment figure Ralph Carr, convicted of rape and sexual assault against a former employee, is experiencing a 'living hell' and severe distress in custody, a Victorian court heard during a sentencing hearing.
Singh, 50, has been struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors for lying to a parliamentary committee, a move analysts say reflects the legal system's hardline stance against dishonesty, with minimal expected impact on his political standing due to public fatigue.
Former Hong Kong opposition leader Wu Chi-wai will not be deported from the United Kingdom despite earlier entry complications, UK Minister for Migration and Citizenship Jo White confirmed.
Singapore's opposition leader, Singh, faces disciplinary proceedings that may lead to disbarment, raising questions about his leadership of the Workers' Party amid admissions of dishonesty in court cases.
A video of convicted former MP Prajwal Revanna using a mobile phone inside Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison has emerged, raising security concerns following a CCB raid that recovered a 5G smartphone.
The Hong Kong Bar Association filed a judicial challenge against a disciplinary panel's decision to clear barrister Margaret Ng of professional misconduct over her 2019 protest conviction.
A Hong Kong court approved a final appeal attempt by 11 jailed opposition politicians and activists convicted of conspiracy to commit subversion in a national security trial.
Detective Constable Tom Ryan solves the 2019 murder of Richard Dyson, who vanished from a Barnsley farm, after a 2025 diary discovery leads to the killer's conviction.
A University of Hong Kong virologist, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, was given a 2-year bind-over order and fined HK$800 for assaulting a stranger and damaging his phone in a trivial dispute at an MTR station in August 2025.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a formal mandate upholding former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction on seven felony counts and his 25-year prison sentence.
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, hosts Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger discuss ICE collecting DNA from nearly a million people including young children, Google's quick retreat from a controversial AI-powered Google Earth feature, and the White House's secretive new AI cybersecurity framework.
A 34-year-old man has been convicted in San Diego County's first jury trial for a DUI involving nitrous oxide. Police found him inhaling from a canister after striking a parked car, leading to five years of probation and treatment.
The former lawyer for Wisconsin imam Salah Sarsour testified in a Chicago immigration court that Israeli authorities tortured and coerced his client into confessions in the 1990s, as Sarsour fights U.S. deportation efforts.
A 65-year-old repeat sex offender in Hong Kong, William Wu Yiu-shing, was sentenced to four months in prison for groping a 17-year-old student on a bus, after a video of the attack circulated online.
A Brisbane bus driver who killed an 18-year-old woman after mounting the curb during peak hour has failed to have his careless driving conviction overturned on appeal.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-Nazi with convictions for antisemitic harassment and other crimes, has been selected as a Conservative candidate for Somerset council. Despite his past, he claims the party is aware and supportive, sparking accusations of hypocrisy from opponents.
