Justice

Music video calls attention to story of Leon Ford

Lawmakers support changes to ‘stand your ground’ law in Florida

Free Marissa: Color of Change calls for firing of Florida State Prosecutor Angela Corey

Report: blacks, students with disabilities suspended from school at alarming rates

Attorney General Eric Holder pushes for lower sentences for drug offenses

Cafe Society to host Stand Your Ground talk in light of Dunn verdict

Texas man wrongfully convicted of rape receives a posthumous exoneration, statue erected in his honor

Should America have Black only courts? Minister Louis Farrakhan says so

The Michael Dunn trial: another juror speaks out, says case ‘not about race’

Re-trial for Michael Dunn murder case scheduled for May

Members of NAACP St. Paul Youth & Collegiate Branch hold protest against school-to-prison pipeline

Michael Dunn tells fiancé that he is both the ‘victim and the victor’ in fatal Jordan Davis shooting

Twitter responds to Michael Dunn verdict with #DangerousBlackKids hashtag

Justice for Jordan Davis: how can we expect it?

Justice for Jordan Davis: Dunn’s fate in hands of jury

Justice for Jordan Davis: ‘I had no choice but to shoot Jordan Davis’

Justice for Jordan Davis: 9 bullet holes found in SUV

Justice for Jordan Davis: In rare Saturday court session, girlfriend of Michael Dunn testifies

In memory of Trayvon on his 19th birthday

Poll: 61% of blacks say race relations getting worse in country

Wrongfully convicted prisoners freed at an all-time high

Rally in New York demands justice for slain trangender woman

Man wrongfully convicted of murder dies while waiting 46 minutes for ambulance

UPDATE: Case of cop who killed unarmed man shot 10 times goes to grand jury

Charges brought against Chicago detective who fatally shot Rekia Boyd

First-time nonviolent drug offender sentenced to life among 8 pardoned by President

Man who killed Prentice Deitrich-Smith posted murder plot on Facebook, avoids life sentence

Charges dropped, residents released from jail after ‘cocaine’ proves to be soap

Commission files complaint against state prosecutor for misconduct, eliciting prejudice in trial

‘Bill of Rights’ created to stop racial profiling

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