Blacks and criminal justice reform
A Timeline Of Criminal Justice Reform In America
There are five issues of criminal justice reform that have long needed attention.
Is The Presidential Clemency Process Racial?
Two longtime activists argue that the executive clemency process itself has historically shown patterns of racial bias; and that the…
by Angela Bronner Helm
Urban League Embraces New Era Of Civil Rights
For decades, old-guard civil rights groups like the National Urban League, the NAACP, and even Al Sharpton's National Action Network,…
by ionelholloway
Judge Frees Wrongfully Convicted Man
Davontae Sanford, 23, who served close to nine years in prison for a quadruple homicide, left prison in Ionia, Michigan,…
Racist Testimony Prompts Supreme Court To Re-Examine Black…
Duane Buck was tried and convicted of murder on charges that he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and another man…
Mom Charged For Firing Warning Shot To Defend…
A Black Illinois woman with felony firearm charges after she fired shots to ward off a gunman who killed her…
Florida Cop Who Killed Corey Jones Was Unqualified…
Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja, who killed Corey Jones as he waited for roadside assistance, was still on…
Alabama Judge Accused Of Ordering Poor Offenders To…
In a page ripped from a Hollywood film about a broken criminal justice system, a judge in Marion, Alabama is…
by hollowaylynette
6,000 Non-Violent Federal Inmates Set To Be Freed…
The Department of Justice is preparing to release about 6,000 nonviolent inmates from federal prison at the end of the…
Ta-Nehisi Coates Stirs Debate With Treatise On "The…
The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates is back with a probing analysis titled "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration."