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Jury overrules coroner’s finding that Black teen died by suicide

In late April, after a 19-year-old Black teen named Derontae Martin was found dead in the attic of a man

TheGrio Staff / August 3, 2021

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Life in prison is sentence for Florida man who went viral for courtroom defense after double killing

A Florida man will serve life in prison without parole for the 2018 slayings of his girlfriend and their young

Associated Press / July 24, 2021

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2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages

A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half

Associated Press / May 15, 2021

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Jurors defend giving Botham Jean killer 10 year sentence: ‘She’s shown remorse’

Two jurors say they felt that they could not give Amber Guyger more than the 10 years she was handed

Blue Telusma / October 4, 2019

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Diversity of jury seen as key factor in officer’s conviction

On Wednesday, a jury composed largely of people of color and women sentenced Amber Guyger to 10 years in

Associated Press / October 4, 2019

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Judge slashes Monsanto’s $289 million award for Black man with lesions on 80% of his body to $39 million

A California judge reduced a dying cancer patient’s $289 million punitive award granted by a jury in a case against

Kia Morgan-Smith / October 23, 2018

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Jury presses judge not to overturn $289 million weed killer cancer verdict

  Members of a California jury that awarded a terminally ill man more than $289 million after ruling that his

Kia Morgan-Smith / October 16, 2018