NewsCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationNewsCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationDetroit to Pay $7.5M to Black Man Who Claims Cops Framed Him for MurderDesmond Ricks alleged the police switched bullets to connect him to the incident.ByKalyn Womack7/14/22 10:08AMComments (18)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimePro-Trump Man Charged for Staging Arson and Blaming it on BLM SupportersHe put on quite the show for the officers who responded to his call.ByKalyn Womack7/13/22 2:07PMComments (53)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeFootage of Uvalde School Shooting Stirs Anger from Families and OfficialsUvalde officials and families debate the public release of the sensitive and graphic content.ByKalyn Womack7/13/22 12:30PMComments (9)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeAkron Recognizes Jayland Walker’s Funeral as Citywide Day of MourningCity officials also plan to address the days of unrest in response to Walker’s killing.ByKalyn Womack7/13/22 10:48AMComments (2)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeJayland Walker Family and Legal Team Address Protests and Police ClashThey called for the city to allow protestors to gather and cease the violence against demonstrators by police.ByKalyn Womack7/11/22 4:20PMComments (2)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeWhite Man Makes Over 100 Racist Threats and Gets Only 4 Months in Prison on Hate Crime ChargeDo they think he’ll come out of prison an anti-racist?ByKalyn Womack7/11/22 1:20PMComments (4)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeWisconsin Supreme Court Allows Chrystul Kizer to Argue Self-Defense in Homicide TrialKizer is now 22 waiting for trial on a first-degree murder charge.ByKalyn Womack7/07/22 4:25PMComments (4)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeKamala Harris Calls For Assault Weapons Ban After Highland Park Shooting"I’ve said it before: enough is enough," Harris stated during a teachers conference in Chicago.ByCandace McDuffie7/06/22 2:12PMComments (4)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeJayland Walker’s Sister Speaks Out Following the Fatal ShootingJada Walker opened up about her relationship with her brother and said she still hasn’t watched the body camera…ByKalyn Womack7/06/22 10:33AMComments (2)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeMississippi Judges Block New DNA Tests In Reference To Death Row CaseMississippi Supreme Court rules that further lab evidence will not be considered in the case of Willie Jerome ManningByMurjani Rawls7/05/22 3:00PMComments (5)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrime20-Year-Old Woman Executed in NYC, Mother Says the City Failed HerThe young woman had reported incidents of domestic abuse prior to her killing.ByKalyn Womack7/01/22 4:15PMComments (11)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeNYPD's Real-life Special Victims Unit Is Under investigationThe federal government is an investigating the NYPD’s Special Victims Division, alleging it may engage "in a pattern…ByJessica Washington7/01/22 1:05PMComments (1)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrime5 Black Women and Girls Were Killed Every Day in 2020, Report FindsBlack women are four times more likely than white women to die by violence.ByKalyn Womack6/30/22 1:34PMComments (7)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeWill 2022 be the Deadliest Year for Black Trans Women?There are still more incidents that go unreported and misreported.ByKalyn Womack6/29/22 4:27PMComments (3)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeBen Crump Joins Legal Team for Black Man Injured in Police TransitRichard Cox, 36, was paralyzed from the neck down at the hands of New Haven police officers.ByKalyn Womack6/29/22 12:40AMComments (1)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeCalifornia Reports Highest Surge in Hate Crimes Since 9/11Hate crimes in the state have increased by 33 percent since 2020.ByKalyn Womack6/28/22 7:00PMComments (7)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeFour Louisiana Officers Acquitted In Death of Black ManCaddo District Court Judge Chris Victory stated in his ruling that the prosecution did not prove its case in the…ByMurjani Rawls6/21/22 3:15PMComments (2)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeLast Recorded Moments of Missing, Pregnant Chicago Woman ReleasedKierra Coles, and her young child, have been missing since 2018.ByKalyn Womack6/17/22 3:33PMComments (1)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeBlack Salon Worker Fired for Claims of Racial Discrimination at WorkThe worker filed a lawsuit alleging white employees were making more than Black employees.ByKalyn Womack6/10/22 12:36PMComments (2)Save
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeGrand Rapids Officer Charged in Patrick Lyoya ShootingOfficer Christopher Schurr has been charged with a count of second-degree murder.ByKalyn Womack6/09/22 5:05PMComments (6)Save