Criminal Justice
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Darrell Brooks Convicted In Christmas Parade Mass Killing
Brooks killed six people by plowing his car into a crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin last year.
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Defense Team for Ex-Black Panther Discover Evidence Withheld from Trial
The defense suspects falsified eyewitness statements and a compromised jury are among the evidence.
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New Video Shows Courtney Clenney Talking with Police Days Before Fatally Stabbing Her Boyfriend
Apparently this was only one of many instances when the cops were called on her and her boyfriend.
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Kansas City Captor Involved in the Rape/Kidnapping of Black Women Displayed Racist Behavior on Social Media [UPDATED]
Old social media posts show Timothy Haslett Jr., the kidnapper and rapist, making racist comments and statements.
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Brittney Griner Spends Her Thirty-Second Birthday In A Russian Jail Cell
The stakes remain high for the WNBA star, who is days away from fighting for an appeal to her nine-year sentence.
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Florida Inmate Starves to Death, Unable to Reach His Food after Officers Paralyzed Him
For five days, his cries for help were ignored and the food trays piled up.
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Her Partner Abused Her, Now She’s Sitting Behind Bars For His Crimes (Part 3)
“I wanted somebody to love me so bad, I didn’t care how they treated me,” says Kerry King, who was sentenced to thirty years in prison for her abuser's crimes.