A 30-year-old blogger and photographer has been sentenced to death in Iran for "insulting the prophet of Islam" on Facebook, drawing renewed attention to the country's notorious human rights record. The man, Soheil Arabi, was convicted in a Tehran criminal court in August after admitting to...
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Mother of four Maria Topp, who is accused of biting off her boyfriend's testicles. has denied grievous bodily harm in a court hearing today.
The 43-year-old allegedly savaged Martin Douglas at his Newcastle flat on February 18 at 4am.
Mr Douglas required emergency hospital...
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At least three jurors in Cleveland say the evidence was so thin against a man jailed for weeks in an assault case that they want to give him their juror pay.
The jury quickly acquitted 19-year-old Demrick McCloud on Friday. He'd been charged with leading other teens to beat a high school...