Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
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Report: Florida’s Prison System is Filled With White Supremacist Guards
Racist Correctional officers are terrorizing Black prisoners while the state looks the other way
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Jury Selection for Jussie Smollett’s Trial Set to Begin This Week
Smollett continues to maintain his innocence, pleading not guilty to all six charges of disorderly conduct.
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Alabama Threatens to Sue Montgomery Over Confederate Street Name
The state wants its mostly Black capital city to keep Jefferson Davis’ name on a street sign
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‘Groveland Four,’ Black Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949, Exonerated 72 Years Later
Nearly seven decades later, the four men who were accused of kidnap and rape have now had their case dismissed
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Grand jury Indict Georgia Deputies with the Murder of A Black Man who Died in Custody Three Years Ago
Six Fulton County deputies were involved in the 2018 death of Antonio May
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Three White Men Face Life in Prison for the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
The men who killed Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging through a neighborhood in Georgia were found guilty of the 2020 murder.
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Free After 43: Kevin Strickland Is Exonerated
Black man is only the latest to be cleared after decades in jail under wrongful convictions
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Trial for Black Teen Caught on Camera in Brutal Arrest With Ocean City Police Begins
Viral videos of brutal arrests of Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland sparked calls for reform. The trial for one of those teens, Taizier Griffin, began Monday.
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Georgia Black Man Charged with Murder Claims He Shot at White Teens in Self-Defense
Marc Wilson, on trial for killing a 17-year-old white teenage girl, is claiming self-defense
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Rittenhouse Verdict Has Turned Eyes On the Case of Chrystul Kizer
In the case of a Black teen Kenosha, Wisconsin teen, supporters are waiting to see if her self-defense claim will hold up like Rittenhouse’s did.