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Rep. Maxine Waters thegrio.com
June 26, 2021
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday announced new legislation seeking to provide a significant financial boost for exonerated individuals.
Marilyn Mosby
March 27, 2021
Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announces her plan to make permanent the temporary suspension of nonviolent crime prosecutions.
February 24, 2021
Governor Pritzker calls his signing of HB 3653 "a substantial step toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities."
December 19, 2020
In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and…
Bill Barr thegrio.com
November 28, 2020
Federal officials are making moves to expand the ways that federal death row inmates can be killed before Joe Biden…
August 22, 2020
Master P on Friday expressed his frustrations with C-Murder, giving insight into his family's struggles to free the rapper from…
August 19, 2020
In addition to walking away from police oversight, Donald Trump has been a barrier to legislative criminal justice reform.
Maricopa County Sheriff Runs Tent City Jail For Immigrant Prisoners
July 25, 2020
There has been a major drop in the number of people behind bars in the U.S. Between March and June,…
June 21, 2020
The familiar scenes of police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters have critics charging that the weaponry too often…
Topeka Sam
December 9, 2019
When Topeka K. Sam was charged with drug conspiracy, she hoped to receive bail, but instead, she ended up serving…
October 22, 2019
Kim Kardashian West is calling for clemency for Julius Jones, a Black man on Oklahoma's death row who is arguing…
Corey Gaston
October 11, 2019
An accused rapist who appeared on America’s Most Wanted and fled to Mexico, was captured and granted bond even though…
Meek Mill thegrio.com
July 16, 2019
Attorneys for Meek Mill will ask an appeals court to completely overturn a 2008 drug and gun case decided by…
Donald Trump thegrio.com AP
February 4, 2019
The president said people connected to the league are indicating appreciation that he signed the criminal justice reform bill
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
January 29, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defended positions she took as California's attorney general that are unpopular with some Democrats, saying…
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
Kamala Harris announced that she is running for president in 2020 providing hope against the past injustices of Donald Trump's…
FedEx_TheGrio
November 22, 2018
The District Attorney decided not charge Timothy Warren with a crime, saying he did not intend to kill the racist,…
Meek Mill thegrio.com
October 26, 2018
Entertainment media outlets Variety and Rolling Stone are teaming up to co-host a Criminal Justice Reform Summit in Los Angeles,…
Bill Cosby AP thegrio.com
September 27, 2018
[griojw id=”oNH9CGaE” playerid=”x9J2bwvH”]   From the Cosby Show to the famous commercials about pudding pops and now to a single
London Breed thegrio.com
August 30, 2018
San Francisco's new mayor London Breed just announced that San Fransisco is waiving $32 million worth of administrative court fees…