Criminal Justice

A Year After George Floyd Murder – Change Still Needed

RTMNews - May 26, 2021

A Year After George Floyd Murder, More Change Still Needed Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,...

ICE announces it’s cutting the Irwin County Detention Center contract

RTMNews - May 20, 2021

After years of advocacy, ICE announces it’s cutting the Irwin County Detention Center contract —a huge win for the immigrants’ rights community Ocilla, Georgia —...

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Chauvin, Other Officers in George Floyd Death

Roz Edward - May 20, 2021

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Chauvin, Other Officers in George Floyd Death By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump and...

Black man forced into slave labor wins $550k judgement

RTMNews - May 13, 2021

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In a story that proved as appalling as many of the racially motivated attacks on African...

Chauvin could receive extended sentence judge rules

RTMNews - May 12, 2021

Judge Peter Cahill, the judge who oversaw Derek Chauvin's murder trial ruled Wednesday, May 11 that aggravating factors in the murder of George Floyd,...

Atlanta Human Rights Lawyer Mario B. Williams Fights for the Disenfranchised and Wins [Video]

zengernews - May 11, 2021

Mario B. Williams isn’t afraid to speak truth to power. From suing the Trump administration four times to securing adequate medical care for prison inmates...

DOJ Seeks to Clean up Police Departments Around the Country

RTMNews - May 5, 2021

DOJ Seeks to Clean up Police Departments Around the Country By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent When U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced...

Probation Reform Bill Signed Into Georgia Law

RTMNews - May 3, 2021

Massive Probation Reform Bill Signed Into Georgia Law An innovative probation reform bill (SB 105) was signed into law today by Governor Kemp, with the...

Breonna Taylor: Department of Justice Announces Investigation into Louisville Police

RTMNews - May 3, 2021

Written by Lauren Victoria Burke A shooting in June 2020 by Louisville police and members of the Kentucky National Guard resulted in the death of...

The new face of poverty and the mass incarceration of America’s children

Courier Newsroom - May 3, 2021

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Part Two of the comprehensive Children’s Defense Fund’s The State of America’s Children 2021. The number of...

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