Criminal Justice
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Ben Crump Plans to Sue Anyone Accountable in Buffalo Shooting
Crump said he plans to sue the gun manufacturer of the firearm used in the shooting.
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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.