Criminal Justice

White House officials will also be in attendance at Nichols’ funeral.

Cities across the country saw protests after the release of the body camera footage.

Biden urged the Nichols' family and the city of Memphis to demonstrate peacefully.

Organizers say; "for too long the country has allowed a small but loud group from the religious right to dominate…

This isn’t the first time this hate group has been in some s**t.

Inspections at the jail identified even more issues beyond malnutrition.

The men left a white supremacy meeting and attacked a Black man at a bar.

Questions still remain about the moments prior to the shooting.

The South Carolina Supreme Court defended the right to abortion, arguing that the state's six--week abortion ban…

Three women say they were induced against their will while incarcerated at at the Perryville prison in Buckeye,…

The man had never even been to the city where the crime happened.

Root 100 honoree and NNAF Executive Director Oriaku Njoku explains what reproductive justice means, and why Black…

The Executive Director of The National Network of Abortion Funds talks threats to abortion, the meaning of…

Remember what happened in Flint? It's been nearly a decade, but justice is still being sought.

Ex-officer Sung Kim faces involuntary manslaughter after shooting Atchison while he hid in a closet.

In part three, The Root dives into the legal issues behind Tracy McCarter, a domestic violence survivor accused of…

It' a win for Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg Jr., one of several Black prosecutors investigating Trumpworld

The charges include 48 hate crimes, one for each person present at the club.

The family filed a missing persons report weeks ago.

Tracy McCarter, a domestic violence survivor accused of killing her abuser, is now free, but why did it take Alvin…