Justice

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July 17, 2013
OPINION - I hope that someday race will not be a factor in how we arrest, prosecute and ultimately judge…
July 15, 2013
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Musicians, actors, and other celebrities took to Instagram to share their thoughts on the George Zimmerman trial…
June 26, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it…
June 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 30-year-old has been a public defender, or advocate for those who cannot afford to hire an…
June 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This legislative action may pave the way for the number of executions to increase in the state,…
June 4, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana far more often than white people, even though marijuana use…
June 4, 2013
OPINION - This disparity within the 'war on drugs' and the severity of its punishments are destroying the potential of…
April 29, 2013
NBC NEWS - Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed doubts that the nation's highest court should have…
April 23, 2013
OPINION - The fact that we're having the debate at all could be seen as progress in itself, given that…
February 18, 2013
OPINION - We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women...
February 13, 2013
SLIDESHOW - From rappers to supermodels, some celebrities can't seem to stay out of trouble...
February 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage…
February 6, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Crump has helped to publicize cases of alleged police brutality or other misconduct that might have gone…
February 5, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - In 1931, Alabama wanted to execute the black Scottsboro Boys because two white women claimed they…
January 23, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge let the New York Police Department on Tuesday temporarily resume stop-and-frisk stops she…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The 55-year-old was elected in November as district attorney in Los Angeles, becoming both the first woman…
January 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly…
December 19, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and…
December 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A North Carolina judge voided the death sentences of three convicted murderers yesterday, two of whom were…
November 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP is stepping up its fight to end the death penalty in the state of Maryland…