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Still No Criminal Charges Filed Nearly a Year After Inmate Dies in Sheriff David Clarke’s Jail
Nearly a year after 38-year-old Terrill Thomas spent his last living days begging for water in solitary confinement at the Milwaukee County Jail before being found dead in his cell, no criminal charges have been filed in his death. The medical examiner classified Thomas’ death as a homicide and ruled the cause of death “profound…
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Chicago Girl, 8, Fights Off Man Who Put Plastic Bag Over Her Head, Attempted to Kidnap Her
Police in Chicago are searching for a man they say attempted to kidnap an 8-year-old girl as she played outside her grandmother’s house Sunday afternoon. The family was gathered for a weekly dinner at the home of Teressia Kidd, the girl’s grandmother, ABC7 Chicago reports. The children always play outside in the South Austin neighborhood…
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Why Does the Idea of a Confident, Fat Black Woman Make You So Uncomfortable?
I love me. I’m fat. I’m black. I’m beautiful, and I don’t look my age. My hair is nappy and as big as my smile. I’m usually the loudest person in the room, and my laugh ripples through the air like a hypnotic vibration. My breasts take over the entire top half of my frame,…
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Marcel Williams Executed by the State of Ark. in 1st Double Execution Since 2000
Updated Monday, April 24, 2017, 11:42 p.m. EDT: The state of Arkansas has executed Marcel Williams for the 1994 rape, beating and murder of Stacy Errickson. He was the second death row inmate to be put to death Monday night as part of the first double execution in the U.S. since 2000. Arkansas Online reports…
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Aaron Hernandez Remembered at Private Funeral in His Hometown; Suicide Notes Turned Over to Family
Former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was remembered by his family, friends and former teammates at a private funeral service in his hometown of Bristol, Conn., Monday afternoon. As his loved ones prepared to mourn him, the three suicide notes Hernandez left behind in his prison cell were turned over…
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Black State Senator Says It’s Time to Call Out the Racism That Is Rampant in Fla. Politics
Earlier this week, Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles made headlines after he referred to six black colleagues as “niggers.” At the same time, reports emerged that a black female state attorney had received a noose in the mail at her office in Orlando, Fla., in response to her refusal to pursue the death penalty in…
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent, but Can the Police Retaliate Against You for It?
If the police pull you over, it is your constitutional right to refuse to answer their questions, but does it violate the Constitution if they retaliate against you for refusing to answer their questions? That is the question at the center of a case that went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th…
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Aaron Hernandez’s Closeted Sexuality May Have Been a Motive in Murder Case: Police Sources
Updated Friday, April 21, 2017, 6:09 p.m. EDT: After a report came out early Friday that Aaron Hernandez had left a suicide note in his cell addressed to a jailhouse lover, speculation as to whether or not Hernandez had a sexual secret began to circulate. Police sources are now confirming that Hernandez’s closeted sexuality is…
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Ledell Lee Becomes 1st Death Row Inmate in Over a Decade to Be Executed by State of Ark.
Amid rising controversy over the drugs used in its lethal-injection protocol and a flurry of legal battles in the last week attempting to stop its expedited execution plan, the state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade Thursday night. Ledell Lee, 51, was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m. Central Time,…
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Speculation: Did Aaron Hernandez Kill Himself to Make Sure His Daughter Was Taken Care Of?
It didn’t take long for rumors and speculation to start circulating about why Aaron Hernandez may have committed suicide. The former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer was found dead in his prison cell Wednesday after having apparently hanged himself less than a week after being acquitted of a separate double murder charge in…
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