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December 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In March, Alexander will face a new jury at her second trial which was awarded after an…
November 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Marissa Alexander is free from jail in time to spend Thanksgiving with family she has not seen…
November 20, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — The bill is growing for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick...
November 17, 2013
EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who spent 27 years in prison for the murder of a pregnant…
November 14, 2013
MSNBC - There are currently 3,278 people who have been sentenced to life without parole for crimes as small as…
November 14, 2013
DALLAS (AP) — Once an NFL wide receiver and local hero with a $5 million contract, Sam Hurd was reduced…
November 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The motion for bond filed by her attorneys includes new details about what Marissa Alexander says she…
November 11, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who spent 34 years behind bars for a decades-old killing was freed from jail…
November 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Jesse Jackson Jr., who is currently serving his term at a federal correctional facility in North Carolina,…
November 4, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Court records show that former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has paid $200,000 toward his $750,000 forfeiture…
November 1, 2013
TODAY - In his first interview since his release from prison where he served time for tax evasion and lying…
October 30, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a North Carolina prison Tuesday to begin serving a…
October 29, 2013
NBC NEWS - Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., reported to one of the cushiest federal prisons Monday to begin…
October 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Murray, who was convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death by providing him with an overdose of…
October 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail Monday after serving nearly two…
October 25, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Prison-bound former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. plans to sell his home in Washington to help pay $750,000…
October 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Every day, on average, in America’s adult prisons, 10,000 children are locked behind bars, mostly for nonviolent…
October 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Racial disparities continue to drive the mass incarceration of people of color according to a new report…
October 17, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two convicted killers serving life in a Florida prison were mistakenly freed in the last three…
October 15, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not interfere with a previous order requiring California to…