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December 14, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's governor on Wednesday halted a Republican effort to dismantle a law that gives death…
December 12, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a…
December 12, 2011
A former Death Row Records vice president, John Atterberry, remains in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,..
December 9, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story…
December 8, 2011
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and…
December 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black…
December 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death…
November 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who won…
September 23, 2011
Following last night's execution of white supremacist Lawrence Brewer, who killed a black man by dragging his body from the…
September 19, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP and Amnesty International are part of a growing number of supporters in Atlanta who insist…
September 19, 2011
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) - Troy Davis, now 42, insists he's innocent and his lawyers, arguing they could prove it, have…
September 19, 2011
OPINION - It's very rare that a college-educated, well-spoken, white-collared black man gets accused of killing a cop. The narrative…
September 16, 2011
OPINION - Throughout modern U.S. history, the death penalty has proven a big political issue...
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they…
September 15, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - The case is fraught with drama: The murder of an off-duty police officer. Conflicting eyewitness testimony...
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Duane Buck's case is one of six convictions that the state's then-top attorney reviewed in 2000…
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Forty-eight-year-old Duane Buck is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday evening for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend a…
September 14, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP on Wednesday announced its next steps in the civil rights organization's drive to stop the…
September 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT -- The NAACP has joined other rights organizations in pushing for a stay of execution for George death…
September 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Are there executions that should have given the new GOP front-runner pause?...