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Curtis Flowers, a 50 year old Black man in Mississippi, is finally free of the murder charges he was tried for six…
Aug 7
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When he’s not fighting for touchdowns on the field, Dak Prescott is apparently fighting for justice off of it.
Jun 16
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June 16 is Tupac Amaru Shakur’s birthday. Today—June 16, 2020—he’d be 49 years old. Since it’s Tupac’s birthday and…
Mar 30
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Lonnie Franklin Jr., the convicted serial killer nicknamed “The Grim Sleeper,” was found dead in his cell this…
Dec 17
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Curtis Flowers walked out of a Mississippi prison a free man for the first time in more than two decades. All it…
Dec 12
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For the first time since resuming capital punishment last year, the Tennessee Supreme Court has pumped the brakes on…
Apr 22 2019
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Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Philadelphia radio journalist convicted and imprisoned almost 40 years for the 1981…
Apr 10 2019
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Following years of appeals, a Utah man sentenced to death for a 1985 murder is set to get a new hearing after the…
Mar 18 2019
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The Supreme Court agreed that at least one of the jurors who convicted a Georgia man of murder was a virulent…
Jul 17 2018
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Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, …
May 30 2018
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Right now, hip-hop is in the midst of an actually entertaining rap beef. Both Drake and Pusha T, two capable…
May 19 2018
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More than a year ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated…
Mar 4 2018
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In an announcement late Friday, Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Kim Ogg revealed that a former prosecutor…
Aug 22 2017
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Updated: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; 3:30 p.m. EDT: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has issued a stay of execution in the…
Apr 8 2017
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The state of Arkansas is on a mission to complete eight executions over a period of 10 days during the month of…
Apr 5 2017
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A Texas mother whose son is on death row will be able to visit him a final time before his execution thanks to…
Oct 17 2016
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On Saturday evening, Lifetime aired Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, and Michel’le, which as the title suggests, is the…
Aug 31 2016
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Gerald Eldridge, 52, may have faked having an illness to avoid execution after fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend…