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Consent is still a legal defence to those charged with rape in New Zealand, even if the alleged victim was a child at the time
WARNING: This story discusses sexual abuse and may be upsetting. An emotional judge has fought back tears as a jury found a man who claimed sex with a 12-y
A long-awaited trial was supposed to decide whether Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol was cruel and unusual punishment. But it was rigged from the start.
The rush to execution in Oklahoma comes despite clear evidence that executions have led to unconstitutionally torturous deaths. Autopsies of prisoners put to death with lethal injections including the sedative midazolam are subject to severe pulmonary edema, producing sensations of “doom, panic, drowning, and asphyxiation.”
A junior football team awards ceremony was attended by a former Bolton Wanderers and England manager.