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Crime and Justice News

Sep 241 min read

Jury Finds 'Trump Train' Organizer Liable In 2020 TX Highway Dispute

A federal jury cleared all but one of six Donald Trump supporters accused in a civil trial of surrounding of a Biden-Harris campaign bus...

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Crime and Justice News

Aug 292 min read

Journalist Hid Doubts, Details About Broader Plot in Emmett Till Murder

Documents recently uncovered show that a journalist, who in 1956 claimed to provide a "true account" of Emmett Till's murder, actually...

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Crime and Justice News

Aug 212 min read

Settlement Reached With Milwaukee Hotel Operator In Death Of D'Vontaye Mitchell

Nearly two months after D'Vontaye Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man, died after being detained by security guards at a Hyatt Regency Hotel...

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Crime and Justice News

Feb 272 min read

More States Denying Transgender People Legal Protections

Kansas enacted a law last year that ended legal recognition of transgender identities, with the measure only recognizing male and female...

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Crime and Justice News

Jul 24, 20232 min read

Judge Accuses KS of 'War on Motorists' in Highway Stops

A federal judge has ruled that the Kansas Highway Patrol's practice of detaining motorists with out-of-state license plates on I-70,...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 28, 20232 min read

Emmett Till's Accuser Takes Conflicting Account to Her Grave

In 1955, Carolyn Bryant Donham accused Emmett Till, 14, of accosting her in the Money, Miss., general store she owned. Her testimony led...

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Crime and Justice News

Oct 24, 20222 min read

Louisiana Court Refuses to Budge on Non-Unanimous Verdicts

Four years after Louisiana voters overwhelmingly rejected the state's Jim Crow-era practice of allowing criminal convictions by...

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Crime and Justice News

Sep 12, 20221 min read

Black AL Pastor Sues Over Arrest While Watering Friends' Flowers

A Black Alabama pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering the flowers of an out-of-town neighbor filed a federal...

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Crime and Justice News

Sep 1, 20222 min read

Atlanta DA's Go-To Tactic: Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence

When Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis announced in this week's indictment of a home-invasion gang that she would rely on...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 30, 20221 min read

Warrant Found For Woman Charged In 1955 Emmett Till Kidnapping

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence in the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found an unserved...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 8, 20222 min read

AZ Man Jailed 17 Days on Shoplifting Charge Sues American Airlines

Michael Lowe of Arizona says his life was changed after he spent 17 days in a New Mexico jail because American Airlines wrongfully...

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Crime and Justice News

Mar 16, 20221 min read

Black Colleges Getting New Federal Aid After Bomb Threats

The White House announced an initiative aimed at improving campus security and mental health services at historically Black colleges and...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 10, 20221 min read

Killers of Ahmaud Arbery Face Civil Rights Trial After Getting Life Terms

While Greg McMichael and his son, Travis, are appealing their convictions for the murder of Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery, they face a...

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