Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
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Chicago Reaches Highest Level of Homicides Since 1996, With 80 Percent of the Victims Being Black
For the first time since 1996, Chicago reaches more than 800 homicides in the city
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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Gives Support Continuing the At-Home Confinement Provision Done By the Cares Act
The congresswoman noted rehabilitation and the ongoing pandemic for lower-level offenders
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Juror In Kim Potter Trial Speaks About Guilty Verdict Deliberations
“This was strictly about Daunte Wright, Kim Potter, and the law,” the juror said
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What Doesn’t Inglewood Want You to Know About Its Cops?
Police departments nationwide are hiding records of police misconduct
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Kenosha Prosecutors File More Than 90 Criminal Charges In Last Year’s Protests
The ensuing chaos eclipsed the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake
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Jails Are Becoming Even Worse Places To Be
The pandemic is being blamed for staffing shortages and a spike in prisoner violence
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Dapper Real Estate Agent in Miami is Arrested and Suspected of Being a Serial Killer
The 25-year-old agent is a suspect in a shooting and possible murders of homeless people.
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Autopsy Rules Black Kansas Teen’s Death in Custody a Homicide
The autopsy contradicts the original preliminary report that 17-year-old Cedric Lofton received “no life-threatening injuries” in the struggle.
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Black Man in Georgia Exonerated After Spending 23 Years in Prison For Wrongful Conviction
Devonia Inman was sentenced to life without parole for the 1998 murder of a Taco Bell night manager in Adel, Georgia
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The ACLU of Vermont Accuses School of Failing to Protect Black Student From Racial Harassment
The student was the only Black person in her grade and endured racial harassment, bullying and threats of violence, according to ACLU