Criminal Justice
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After 50 Years, Oklahoma City Will Finally Pay This Black Man Millions
Glynn Ray Simmons was sentenced to death for a 1974 murder he did not commit.
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Ex-NFL Player Sentenced to Life in Prison for Doing The Unthinkable
Five-year-old La’Rayah Davis was killed back in 2019
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Black Man Sentenced to Prison For Murder After Victim Spewed Racial Slurs at His Family
Anthony Collins said he punched the white man after months of harassment
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Illinois Cafeteria Director In Trouble for Running a $1.5 Million Chicken Wing Heist…Seriously
Vera Liddell pleaded guilty after the school district exposed her two-year-long chicken wing heist
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A Fla. Mom says Her Teen Son Received a Harsh Sentence For Beating a Teacher Because He’s Black, Big and Autistic. But What Do You Think?
The 18-year-old had a history of violence, which led to the judge’s decision
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The Father Who Sent His 17-Year-Old Son to Kill Rapper PnB Rock Just Received the Ultimate Punishment
The rapper was killed during a robbery in Los Angeles in 2022.
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4 Hotel Employees Face Charges In the Death of A Black Man Caught on Video
The last moments of D’Vontaye Mitchell’s life were partially caught on video
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Heartbreaking: Texas Mother Grieves After Her 2-Year-Old Daughter is Mauled By Dogs
A’Daya Fisher was at her babysitter’s house when the attack happened
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Disturbing Revelations About Sonya Massey’s Killer, It Was a BLACK KID Who Killed Three Girls at a Taylor Swift Dance Class? Wait? This Georgia Woman Was Killed After Rejecting A Marriage Proposal and More
A collection of the Root’s best crime posts of the week in criminal justice
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Missouri Finally Frees a Man Wrongfully Held in Prison, Even After His Murder Conviction Was Overturned
A Black man spent 34 years and one week in prison for a crime he did not commiit