Crime

Jury acquits 3 Washington state officers in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe

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NYC Council approves bill banning solitary confinement in city jails

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A white couple who burned a cross in their yard facing Black neighbors’ home are investigated by FBI

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Oklahoma judge rules a man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent

Glynn Simmons, a 71-year-old who was released in July after spending over 48 years in a Oklahoma prison, was ruled…
/ December 21, 2023

Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder that shone spotlight on racism

Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the 1989 death of Carol Stuart, whose husband orchestrated…
/ December 21, 2023

New York man who served 37 years in prison for killing 2 men released after conviction overturned

Michael Rhynes’ '86 murder conviction was tossed after two witnesses, who previously had been in jail with him, recanted their…
/ December 20, 2023

Ex-gang leader seeking release from Las Vegas jail ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

His lawyers told the judge Keith "Keffe D" Davis is married, has four children, poses no threat and won’t flee…
/ December 20, 2023

Mother of a child punished by a court for urinating in public refuses to sign probation terms

She planned on signing the agreement to avoid the risk of her son's charge being upgraded, but decided not to…
/ December 20, 2023

Louisiana State Police reinstate trooper accused of withholding video in Black man’s deadly arrest

Lt. John Clary, the ranking trooper at the scene of Ronald Greene's deadly 2019 arrest, will return to active duty…
/ December 19, 2023

Grand jury declines to charge Mississippi police officer who shot 11-year-old boy

The grand jury found that Indianola Police Sgt. Greg Capers did not engage in criminal conduct when he shot Aderrien…
/ December 15, 2023
Hannah Payne trial

Bystander who chased and shot Black man after traffic incident in 2019 found guilty

It took jurors only two hours to find Hannah Payne guilty of all charges, including felony murder, in the shooting…
/ December 13, 2023

New Hampshire sheriff charged with theft, perjury and falsifying evidence resigns

Mark Brave is accused of using his county credit card to pay for travel to fictitious meetings with multiple paramours…
/ December 13, 2023

Marvin Haynes, imprisoned at 16 for murder, released after judge overturns conviction

Marvin Haynes, imprisoned at 16, was set free Monday after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction…
/ December 11, 2023

Thomas Malik spent 27 years in prison based partly on statement from a man who lied so often that a court barred him from being an informant

Thomas Malik, cleared in the 1995 death of a subway token clerk after 27 years in prison, sued New York…
/ December 11, 2023
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Man who harassed Black neighbors, hurled racial slurs, gets 8 years in prison

Edward Cagney Mathews, guilty of stalking and harassing his neighbors, got an eight-year prison term after his tearful pleas.
/ December 11, 2023