Sentencing

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November 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama also granted pardons to five other individuals, including three convicted of marijuana-related offenses, according to…
July 19, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - "I in no way attempted to deceive the government or do anything illegal," he said, minutes…
July 15, 2011
VIDEO - The 6-month-old child of Stephanie McCarley and Devin Jay Davis weighed only nine pounds at the time of…
June 30, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - One in every 20 federal prisoners could be eligible for early release under a potential sentencing change…
June 23, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A new study sheds light on the fact that colorism, or racial preference based on skin tone,…
June 2, 2011
OPINION - There is no question that the U.S. Sentencing Commission should seek to amend the sentencing provisions so as…
April 27, 2011
OPINION - Anti-death penalty advocates have long argued that Abu-Jamal's 1982 trial was unfair, and that the application of the…
April 26, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The 58-year-old former Black Panther's first-degree murder conviction still stands in the fatal shooting of white officer…
February 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police said they found a loaded gun in a rear door of his luxury sportscar when…
January 22, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of people -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Burge and…
January 21, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Standing before the court, Jon Burge said he knew his case brought the department into disrepute and…
January 20, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of suspects -- almost all of them black men -- claimed for decades that Jon Burge…
December 30, 2010
OPINION - After taking a major media pummeling for his comments and under increasing pressure to do something about the…
December 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The sentence by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance was the maximum allowed and nine months more…
November 6, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Police made more than 150 arrests as a crowd broke windows and knocked down fences, protesting…
September 14, 2010
From The Victorville Daily Press - A teen member of a white supremacist gang received 3 years for hollering racial…
August 30, 2010
From HipHopWired.com - Instead of apologizing to the victims for his actions, a convicted serial rapist instead blamed them for…
August 18, 2010
From The Philadelphia Daily News - A woman was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment after testifying against her ex-boyfriend and…
July 16, 2010
OPINION - The sentencing delay is part of the strategy to buy time to come up a plausible ground for…
May 18, 2010
OPINION - The latest Supreme Court ruling banning life terms for juveniles who aren't guilty of murder is not nearly…