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Lamonte McIntyre Spent 23 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, but Won’t Receive a Dime

After serving more than two decades behind bars in a Kansas correctional facility for a double murder, Lamonte McIntyre was freed Saturday. He doesn’t have any job prospects or even a résumé. He has no computer skills and has never owned a smartphone. He also hasn’t received a penny for being falsely imprisoned. According to…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

October 18, 2017
Tenn. Man Showed Off a Stack of Cash in Facebook Video Hours Before He and His Mother Were Shot to Death

Osmani Munongerwa’s last posts to Facebook included a video of him waving around and fanning out a stack of cash as he danced Saturday night, and another video of him showing off money, jewelry and an armload of shopping bags. And then, mere hours later Sunday morning, Munongerwa, 20, and his mother, 37-year-old Isha Musa,…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 26, 2017
Jury Selection Begins in Aaron Hernandez’s Double-Murder Trial

Aaron Hernandez will again be facing the music in court, this time for a 2012 Boston double homicide. Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday, with prosecutors and defense lawyers picking from a pool of some 600 candidates. Hernandez, a former NFL star who played with the New England Patriots, was already convicted of first-degree…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

February 14, 2017