murder
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Judge of Characters: Does Justice Have a Shelf Life?
Here’s the thing about justice: it’s rare that people of color ever get to see it in action because it usually doesn’t work in our favor. What’s even more frustrating and disheartening is when said justice comes over 60 years later and everyone involved, but one person, is dead. Such may be the case for…
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Texas Shouldn't Execute Chris Young for Murder Even Though He Is Guilty of the Crime [Updated]
Updated: Monday, July 17, 2018; 3:53 EDT: When I wrote this piece, I was not aware that, according to court records, Chris Young sexually assaulted a woman in front of her three children at gun point the morning before the murder. Gunpoint. Three children. I have no words. That act is evil; the man who did…
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20-Year-Old Poet, College Student Charged with Murder of Former Star Quarterback
Pennsylvania authorities charged a 20-year-old Morgan State University student with murder after an alleged confrontation with a white, former star athlete and real estate developer turned into a fatal stabbing. There are two stories. The first is the one being reported by multiple news outlets, including NBC 10 in Philadelphia. According to the station and…
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8-Year-Old Protects Siblings While Mother Is Killed During Carjacking
An 8-year-old Missouri boy saved himself and his siblings as he watched his mother get shot to death. Porsha Owens, a mother of three, was killed Monday morning as she was leading her kids to her car to take them to day care. Fannie King told CBS News that her great-grandson told her about the…
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Jury Finds Man Dubbed the ‘George Zimmerman of Alabama’ Guilty in Killing of Unarmed Black Teen
After less than two hours of deliberation, an Alabama jury issued a guilty verdict for the man who shot an unarmed child in the head after the teenager allegedly stole the man’s lunchbox. According to AL.com, 52-year-old Johnathan Scott, who was often referred to as the “George Zimmerman of Alabama,” wept after he was convicted…
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Utah Teen Accused of Killing 19-Year-Old Who Reportedly Sold Him Cooking Spices Instead of Weed
A Utah judge decided that a 17-year-old would be moved into the adult jail population and held without bail after he was accused of killing another teenager who apparently sold him cooking spices instead of marijuana. According to the Salt Lake Tribune a defense attorney representing Seth Carreras did not voice any opposition to the…
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Murder Case Against Last Chance U Running Back Isaiah Wright to Be Heard by Grand Jury
One of the more likable stars of the second season of Netflix’s Last Chance U, a series that looks at junior college football players trying to get their lives back on track, will have his murder case heard by a grand jury later this month. Isaiah Wright, the talented running back plagued by injuries at…
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Florida Man Accused of Beating Stepson to Death Over Cookie, Forcing Boy’s Brothers to Participate
A Florida man is facing first-degree murder charges after authorities say he threw his 7-year-old stepson against a wall and beat him to death at a local motel while forcing the child’s siblings to participate in the brutal attack. Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, was being held at Florida’s Hillsborough County Jail on $870,000 bond in…
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New York State Couple, Kids, Brutally Killed; Police Vow to Solve Crime
A couple from the state of New York and two children were slaughtered the day after Christmas, horrifying the city of Troy. According to NBC News, investigators in the upstate New York town vowed to catch the person who killed a mother, two of her children and her girlfriend, in a crime that the police…
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Nebraska Man Accused of Killing Parents and Niece Apprehended in Tennessee
A Nebraska man was taken into custody after being accused of killing his own parents as well as his teenage niece. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the police have not yet said what may have motivated 46-year-old John Dalton Jr. to kill his parents, John and Jean Dalton, as well as 18-year-old Leonna Dalton-Phillip, his…