In 1853 the Times published an article about the now-famous kidnapping of Solomon Northup, in which  Northup’s name was misspelled—and it went unnoticed until Monday. The mistake was brought to light by the recent fame Hollywood has bestowed on the lost narrative and Twitter, CNN reports. The article was about how Northup was sold into…

A mall in central Indiana has stirred up the debate surrounding hoodies and what they represent by posting a sign requesting that all patrons lower their hoods when on the premises. According to the Raw Story, signs that read, “For the safety and well-being of everyone, please lower your hoodie” are posted at the entrances…

Marissa Alexander could be slapped with a 60-year prison sentence, triple the length of her original 20-year sentence, when she goes up for retrial in July for aggravated assault, the Florida Times-Union reports. According to reports, State Attorney Angela Corey will now push to have the entire 60 years served if Alexander is convicted again,…

Things are looking up for a former Florida inmate who was cheated by his own lawyers and abandoned in prison, the Raw Story Reports.  Patrick Coulton claims he was forced to accept a 15-year plea deal for drug conspiracy charges in 2008, his attorneys, Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy, promising that they could get the sentence…

Cartrail Robertson posted pictures of guns, weed and wads of cash on Facebook, showing off things that no 13-year-old boy should be surrounded by. Hours later he was dead, and police believe he was accidentally shot when he and one of his friends were playing with one of the guns and the weapon fired off,…

Walter Williams was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 9 p.m. in his Lexington, Miss., home. He was subsequently put in a body bag and transported to the Porter and Sons Funeral Home in a hearse to prepare for embalming. But Williams wasn’t quite ready to pass on just yet. According to ABC News, the elderly gentleman…

After pleading guilty to hiring a Ku Klux Klan hit man to murder his black neighbor, an Alabama veteran is attempting to negotiate with a judge for mercy, the Raw Story reports. Allen Wayne Morgan’s attorneys are insisting that their client, who participated in more than 175 combat missions in Iraq and has dealt with…

Former NFL star Darren Sharper has turned himself in to Los Angeles police without incident on Thursday evening, CNN reports. Sharper, who is facing several rape allegations across the country, including in California, was slapped with two more counts of aggravated rape by the Orleans Parish district attorney’s office. His charges in California are similar,…