Justice

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March 29, 2012
VIDEO - The death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has stirred up nationwide conversations regarding prejudice and justice...
March 23, 2012
SLIDESHOW - The death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin has triggered numerous protest in the demand of the arrest…
March 23, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The famous and the unsung took to Facebook and Twitter in hooded sweatshirts Thursday in solidarity…
March 22, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - The shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin has reopened old wounds for many in Sanford, Florida's…
March 22, 2012
OPINION - Trayvon Martin, not unlike Emmett Till, could potentially have a large impact on the nation's psyche...
March 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Justice Department's decision to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American Florida teen by a…
March 19, 2012
OPINION - A young teenager walking home, armed only with candy and a drink, should never lose his/her life because…
February 14, 2012
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut's death penalty, hoping for an easier…
January 13, 2012
OPINION - Since President Obama took office, this administration has worked to tackle the foreclosures that are harming families and…
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 8, 2011
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and…
November 30, 2011
A recently released FBI report details the fact that there's been a spike in Mississippi hate crimes over the past…
November 26, 2011
PELAHATCHIE, Miss. (AP) - On a late-fall evening 46 years ago, gunfire shattered the revelry at a nameless juke joint…
November 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether juveniles convicted of killing someone may be locked…
November 4, 2011
(AP) - One of five men sent to prison for the rape and murder of a middle school classmate two…
October 21, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Ala., filed the suit on behalf of five African-Americans who…
October 3, 2011
OPINION - For 20 years Troy Davis said they had the wrong man...
September 22, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Minutes before he was put to death, Troy Davis asked his supporters to "continue to fight this…
September 22, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Davis remained defiant even after he was strapped to a gurney Wednesday night in the state's death…
September 21, 2011
OPINION - Many have advocated for a moratorium on the death penalty, and if there were ever a case that…