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Judge Kenneth King, Detroit
August 16, 2024
Judge Kenneth King will undergo “necessary training to address the underlying issues" leading up to the incident, the chief judge…
April 23, 2023
Erika C. Stallworth is the first Black judge in the history of LaPorte County, Indiana, taking over for W. Jonathan Forker.
March 15, 2023
Circuit Judge Richard Fields, who retired at 103 after a long career in the Charleston legal community, passed away on…
December 23, 2022
Judge Genece Brinkley is known for sentencing Meek Mill to prison for breaking probation in a nine-year-old case.
December 14, 2022
Judge Dana Douglas has made history as the first Black woman to serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of…
May 6, 2022
District Court Judge Rick Lawrence made history this week when he became the first Black justice of the Maine Supreme…
Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown
March 24, 2022
Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson may become the first African American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court and other Black women…
Judge Vanessa Harris - theGrio.com
December 19, 2021
Vanessa Harris will replace suspended judge Michelle Odinet after a video of her using racial slurs went viral on social…
Gavel
April 13, 2019
“When lawmakers say ‘we should get rid of judges,’ you can hear segregationist Senators, writing bills to strip courts of…