Criminal Justice

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

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

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

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

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Meet Daryl Atkinson, theGrio Hero for 2023!

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Trump indicted, criminal justice, theGrio.com

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

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Black mothers death rates, theGrio.com

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

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

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

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

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Accountability group finds racial bail disparities in Minnesota

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

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Arkansas inmates sue jail alleging ivermectin ‘experiment’

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Rep. Maxine Waters thegrio.com

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

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Marilyn Mosby

Baltimore to end nonviolent criminal prosecutions

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Illinois to be first state to eliminate cash bail, governor announces

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1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

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Bill Barr thegrio.com

Justice Department seeks to authorize firing squad executions

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Master P clears the air on C-Murder efforts after rebuke from Monica: This is about ‘Big Mama’

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