Criminal Justice

wrongfully convicted
March 15, 2025

Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states

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Supreme Court, Death Penalty, Death Sentence, theGrio.com
December 24, 2024

Biden’s death row orders grant justice where Supreme Court has grown hostile to claims of racial bias

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Joe Biden, theGrio.com
December 23, 2024

Biden commutes sentences of federal death row inmates, ‘striking blow’ to system that has ‘always targeted Black people’

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U.S. Supreme Court, theGrio.com
March 17, 2024

Supreme Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers

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February 21, 2024

Watch: New film tells the story of criminal justice advocate Kemba Smith

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A marijuana flag
December 22, 2023

Biden seeks to redress racial disparities with marijuana pardons and drug clemencies

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December 6, 2023

Pressley unveils groundbreaking bill to grant incarcerated persons the right to vote

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September 24, 2023

Supreme Court case over the word ‘and’ could affect thousands of prison sentences each year

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July 10, 2023

Meet Daryl Atkinson, theGrio Hero for 2023!

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Trump indicted, criminal justice, theGrio.com
June 14, 2023

Black America’s Top 10 criminal justice tips for Donald Trump

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Black mothers death rates, theGrio.com
May 23, 2023

Rep. Pressley aims to help pregnant incarcerated women who are ‘forgotten and ignored’

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March 25, 2023

Push to expand voting rights in US for those held in jails

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February 18, 2023

Wrongfully convicted man, now free: ‘I was finally heard’

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September 21, 2022

Alabama planned to use a new, untested method for the death penalty. Even though the execution was blocked, here’s why you should care

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July 5, 2022

DOJ weighs whether to seek death penalty for Buffalo mass shooter amid racial equity concerns

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March 18, 2022

Accountability group finds racial bail disparities in Minnesota

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March 12, 2022

Activist Donna Hylton fights for criminal justice reform after 27 years in prison

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January 18, 2022

Arkansas inmates sue jail alleging ivermectin ‘experiment’

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Rep. Maxine Waters thegrio.com
June 26, 2021

Maxine Waters introduces bill to boost payout to exonerees by 40%

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Marilyn Mosby
March 27, 2021

Baltimore to end nonviolent criminal prosecutions

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