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OPINION - This week the U.S. Supreme Court scored a victory for reform in the criminal justice system...
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for…
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Within hours of shootings that terrified Tulsa's north side and left three people dead, leaders of…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A proposal to abolish capital punishment in Connecticut has cleared a major hurdle with approval from…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his last legal appeal...
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona is on pace to match its busiest year for executions since establishing the death penalty in…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut's death penalty, hoping for an easier…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first…
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time death sentences dropped to below a 100 in a single year, which is…
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly…
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions…
Martina Davis-Correia, the sister of late cause celebre death row inmate Troy Davis, has died, NAACP senior communications associate Derek…
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups including the NAACP and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) are fighting…
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve of the last 13 new death sentences obtained by the Texas Harris County District Attorney's Office…
theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm…