Betty Tyson, Exonerated After 25 Years In Prison, Dies at 75
It was not until May 1998 that Tyson had her conviction overturned, because the police kept secret a report that contradicted one of its key...
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Minnesota Woman, 72, Claims Racial Bias In Conviction
However, she is unsure of how she will pay this fine, given that she promptly lost her job....
Incarcerated Men Get A Second Chance At Education Thanks To Yale Partnership
Six men were able to gain access to higher education while incarcerated through a new partnership between the University of New Haven and Yale University’s...
Public Welfare Foundation Awards $3.5 Million in True Reformer Grants
Justice for all! Public Welfare Foundation announced seven True Reformer grants totaling a $3.5 million investment in justice....
HBCU Student Graduates Four Years After Being Paralyzed From Gunshot Wound
Harry Boone Jr. graduated from Saint Augustine’s University this week with a bachelor’s degree—four years after being paralyzed from the neck down....
North Carolina Nonprofit Works With The Criminal Justice Sector To Explore Traumas of At-Risk Youth
Mecklenburg Council of Elders launched a diversion program to help at-risk youth cope with effects of childhood abuse, gun violence, mental health, anger management, and...
Emmett Till’s Cousin Responds To Taraji P. Henson Referencing His Case In Her Plea To Free Jussie Smollett
Emmett Till's cousin, Deborah Watts, said she appreciated Taraji P. Henson's reference to Till's unsolved 1955 lynching case....
Black Business Owner Shot And Killed Burglar; Served One Year Awaiting Trial
The family and friends of a Black man awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges for defending his business from a burglar are saying he is...
Black Man Sues Hertz For Failing To Produce Receipt Clearing Him Of Murder
A Michigan man is suing the Hertz car rental company after spending nearly five years in jail because it failed to produce a receipt proving...
Mississippi Must Pay $500,000 To Curtis Flowers After Being Wrongly Incarcerated for 23 Years
A 50-year-old Black man from Mississippi who was wrongfully jailed for 23 years for a crime he did not commit, was awarded $500,000...