Mass Incarceration
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Missouri Man’s Chance To Get Off Death Row Blocked by State Supreme Court
Marcellus Williams agreed to a no-contest plea deal that will grant him prison time instead of execution.
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It Took One Surveillance Video to Prove This Black Man’s Innocence… 16 Years Later
I’m sure the family of Arvel Marshall are wondering what took so long.
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Georgia Prison Officers Sued For Using Inmates as Assassins
Officers charged in connection to inmate deaths are sometimes accused of making inmates do the dirty work.
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20 Horrifying Botched Executions of Black Death Row Inmates
These stories are not for the faint of heart. Here’s 20 cases when a Black person’s execution turned to near torture.
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After 15 Years on Death Row, A Texas Mother May Turn Out to Be Innocent
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio is having her case looked at again to decide whether she is culpable in her daughter’s death.
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The Likelihood of Black Prisoners Experiencing a Botched Execution in Comparison to White Prisoners is Enraging
Reprieve’s study on botched death penalty executions reveals harsh disparities against Black death row inmates.
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Who is CJ Rice and Why Was He in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit?
After 12 years behind bars for a shooting he was never a part of, CJ Rice is finally a free man.
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What’s Going on Inside Kentucky State Prisons Will Shock and Disgust You
Drug smuggling, sexual relations with inmates, the list of violations goes on and on.
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A Judge Cleared 2 Black Men of a 40-Year-Old Fatal Mugging and Then Said This…
Eric Smokes and David Warren were cleared after being accused of fatally mugging a tourist.
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Black Man’s Death Row Conviction Overturned, And You Won’t Believe Why
A Mississippi man is getting a new trial following complaints of racist jury picking.