Death Row
Pressley’s Push To End Federal Death Penalty Gaining Momentum
Photo: YouTube\Twitter Wednesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) announced that H.R. 262, the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2021, her bipartisan and bicameral legislation ...
Black Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years to Get $500,000
Photo: YouTube screenshot Curtis Flowers, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years, will receive the state’s maximum compensation of $500,000, Mississippi 5th Circuit Judge ...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Leads Call on Biden to End Death Penalty
Photos: YouTube\Twitter Tuesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led 41 of her House colleagues and three Representatives-Elect on a letter calling on President-Elect Joe Biden ...
Pervis Payne’s Life in Jeopardy Nine Years After Troy Davis Execution
[Pervis Payne] Selby: “There is still time to save Payne’s life…Payne’s family, legal team, and supporters are continuing to call for justice in his ...
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DENIES PETITION OF DEATH ROW INMATE RODNEY REED
[Innocence Project\Rodney Reed] “Justice Sotomayor noted in her opinion the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial today has no reflection on the merits of Mr. Reed’s ...
INNOCENCE PROJECT: RODNEY REED GIVEN STAY OF EXECUTION BY TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
[Mass Incarceration News\Rodney Reed] Bryce Benjet, Mr. Reed’s Innocence Project attorney: “We are thankful that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have unanimously ...
BIPARTISAN SENATORS URGE TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO STOP NOVEMBER 20TH EXECUTION OF RODNEY REED
[Criminal Justice News\Rodney Reed] “Mr. Reed’s case recalls the sentiment then-Governor George W. Bush expressed in 1998 when he commuted the sentence against Henry ...
Rigged: Ending Racial Bias in Jury Selection
Timothy Foster During the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The act guaranteed all citizens, particularly African Americans, equal treatment ...
Trayvon Martin is Dead Because He Was Born Black in America. Period!
[Beneath The Spin] White conservatives often criticize Black people for being too quick to allegedly play what they call “the race card.” On the ...
