Criminal Justice
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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Killing of George Floyd
Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to the state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
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Remembering the Victims of the Buffalo Shooting
The shooting resulted in 13 victims, 11 of them Black. About 10 people were killed and a few were injured.
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“Worst Cooks in America” Winner Sentenced for Killing her Child
Both Ariel Robinson and her husband Jerry Austin were charged with homicide by child abuse. Their daughter was 3 years old.
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Buffalo Shooting Suspect Targeted Black Neighborhoods and was Previously Investigated for Violent Threat
Payton Gendron, 18, had previously been hospitalized in a mental facility after threatening to carry out a mass shooting last year.
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Thomas Raynard James Exonerated After 32 Years in Prison for Murder Conviction
A Florida judge vacated his life sentence after it was found he never committed the crime.
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AME Church Massacre Survivor Urges South Carolina Republicans To Pass Hate Crimes Bill
South Carolina is one of two remaining states in the country that does not have a hate crime law on the books.
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Post-George Floyd Probe Finds Discrimination By Minneapolis Police
The Minneapolis Police Department "engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least the past decade," as per the two-year investigation
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Ginni Thomas Texts Spur House Panel Investigation Into Judicial Ethics
House Democrats intend to look at exploring codes of conduct for federal judges outside the Supreme Court.
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Emmett Till’s Family Look to Prosecute His Accuser for Kidnapping
Carolyn Bryant Donham was named in the arrest warrant in Till's abduction decades ago. His family aims to use it in bringing her to justice.