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April 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The disgraced former Congressman is due to be released at the end of next year but could…
March 26, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 74-year-old California woman is free after serving 32 years of a life sentence for her…
March 19, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerome Murdough was just looking for a warm place to sleep on a chilly night last…
March 12, 2014
ANGOLA, Louisiana (AP) — A man who spent nearly 26 years on death row in Louisiana walked free of prison…
March 6, 2014
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Rapper Lil' Boosie has been released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he had…
February 19, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) today urged lawmakers in Kentucky to change the state's laws and allow convicted…
February 19, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida software designer accused of killing a black teenager during an argument over loud music…
February 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a high-profile speech on Tuesday, urging states to roll back laws that…
February 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday urged states to restore voting rights to former prison inmates, an…
January 23, 2014
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) — A sober-looking Justin Bieber was released from jail Thursday following his arrest on charges of…
January 12, 2014
NBC News - A Portland pimp is suing Nike for not placing a warning label in their shoes specifying that…
January 10, 2014
MSNBC - Marissa Alexander will remain free while she awaits a retrial after a Florida judge decided against revoking her…
January 9, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say Marissa Alexander violated her home detention by making short trips to places near her…
January 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today by the journal Crime & Delinquency has found that 49 percent of…
December 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The first state to allow conjugal visits to its prison population more than 100 years ago will…
December 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to half the terror suspects held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay could be…
December 12, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — Yale University says an 1858 manuscript it acquired is the earliest known prison memoir written…
December 12, 2013
PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — During his more than 30 years behind bars, Stanley Wrice insisted he was innocent, that Chicago…
December 9, 2013
NBC News - Nearly 20 current and former LA County sheriff’s deputies were expected to be arrested Monday in connection…
December 5, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Wilford 'Johnny' Hunter tells theGrio.com's Todd Johnson he was serving time for car theft in a South…