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August 8, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Depending on what state you live in, if you are arrested with a small amount of marijuana,…
August 6, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a culture of…
July 18, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Apollo Nida opens up about his marriage to 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Phaedra Parks...
June 27, 2014
Not much has been heard directly from convicted felon Jeremy Meeks, but on Thursday, he spoke to Inside Edition...
June 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A mugshot of 30-year-old felon Jeremy Meeks has gone viral this week due to his good looks.
June 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A Michigan man was arrested earlier this week after he tried to throw a football stuffed with…
June 11, 2014
VIDEO - To be exonerated for a crime that you did not commit should be a time to rejoice and…
June 10, 2014
VIDEO - It is a cruel cliché to say most people in prison say they are innocent. Cruel because in…
June 3, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new task force Monday to overhaul how New York City's…
May 23, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the rest of the nation debates the feasibility and humanity of lethal injections against a…
May 16, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who was found dead in a 100-degree Fahrenheit…
May 14, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court halted a convicted Texas killer's scheduled execution Tuesday so his attorneys can…
May 6, 2014
TODAY - When a Missouri judge informed Cornealious "Mike" Anderson that he was a free man on Monday after an…
May 1, 2014
TODAY -- Cornealious "Mike" Anderson has plenty of time to think. He spends most of his day locked in a…
April 30, 2014
McALESTER, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing…
April 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A mentally ill, homeless former Marine who died in an overheated jail cell more than two…
April 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal…
April 15, 2014
TODAY - A Missouri man who avoided a 13-year jail sentence because of what state officials called a clerical error…
April 12, 2014
MSNBC -- Florida’s criminal justice system has received a lot of attention in recent years – and for good reason.
April 8, 2014
OPINION - Action movies are great, but surely audiences (especially black audiences) want to see Snipes flex those dramatic muscles…