Source: TREVOR SAMSON / Getty UPDATED: 11:23 a.m. ET, Aug. 4, 2020 — How long was Nelson Mandela in prison? The former political prisoner who went on to become South Africa’s first Black president was imprisoned for 27 years after…
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Black Man Claiming ‘Misconduct’ In 1976 Rape Trial Calls On Gov. Roy Cooper To Commute Sentence
Source: Raleigh News & Observer / Getty In 1976, a 19-year-old Ronnie Long went to court for a trespassing charge in Concord, North Carolina and ended up being accused of raping a white woman. He’s now been imprisoned for 44…
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Death Row Records founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris sick and dying in prison
Photo: LightField Studio via Shutterstock Michael “Harry-O” Harris, the founder of Death Row Records, is asking for a compassionate release from prison due to contracting the virus and his reported compromised immune system, according to The Mercury News. Harris, 58,…
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killers can be 1st Whites in Georgia executed over Black victim
Ahmaud Arbery (Image source: Facebook.com / @irunwithmaud) The mother of Ahmaud Arbery wants her son’s alleged killers to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and in Georgia, that could possibly occur because the death penalty is legal…
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Black inmate forced to spend 1 year in solitary confinement due to his dreadlocks
Eric McGill Jr. (Image source: Lebanon County Jail) A Black inmate in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, faced hair discrimination for refusing to cut his dreadlocks while in prison. Eric McGill Jr. is currently being held in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility where he’s…
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Cyntoia Brown Calls Out ‘Unauthorized’ Netflix Documentary About Her Life
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty UPDATED: 4:25 p.m. EST, April 15 Cyntoia Brown has released a statement distancing herself from the Netflix documentary “Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story”, saying the project was unauthorized. “While I was still incarcerated,…
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Jay-Z And Meek Mill Donate Surgical Masks To Prisons Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Jay-Z and Meek Mill have continually used their platforms to spread awareness about criminal justice reform. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hip-hop greats are on a mission to stop the spread of the virus within correctional facilities,…
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Black woman, 86, dies after alleged assault over social distancing
(Photo: Shutterstock/By SamaraHeisz5) The effects of the ongoing global pandemic continue to cause havoc across the nation. In Brooklyn, New York, an 86-year-old Black woman died after someone claimed that she did not practice social distancing. The incident occurred at…
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Man jailed for throwing coronavirus party and streaming on Instagram (video)
Photo: Cincinnati Police Department An unsettling trend has begun during the COVID-19 pandemic: some people are throwing massive gatherings known as “coronavirus parties.” The parties are often thrown in a house and streamed live on social media. One recent meetup…
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