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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Jay-Z has been a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform and leads multiple ventures to pursue equity for marginalized groups. […]
Meek Mill expressed frustration with “the blogs” today regarding their coverage of Eric Riddick’s recent plea deal, saying they only focused on him and his tweets and not on the man who deserved all the attention. “Yesterday I help a innocent man gain his freedom back he had life in prison …. on the net I was […]
REFORM Alliance celebrates another victory. The criminal justice organization—founded by Meek Mill, Jay-Z, and Michael Rubin—is praising Georgia lawmakers for passing SB 105, a bipartisan-supported bill that eases the state’s probation system. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation into law earlier this week, after it passed unanimously in the state Senate and 169-2 in the state House of Representatives. […]
Ronnie Long’s fight for justice isn’t over. After serving 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the 65-year-old Black man received $750,000 in restitution—the maximum amount North Carolina pays to victims of wrongful incarceration. Long argues that amount doesn’t nearly make up for everything he lost. “Ain’t no way in hell that […]
Former No Limit standout McKinley “Mac” Phipps has been incarcerated for the last 21 years over a killing many people believe he didn’t commit. And it looks like the rapper might finally be coming home, after the Louisiana Board of Parole and Pardons voted to grant him clemency on February 22, the Huffington Post reports. The […]
Brandon Bernard was executed in the federal death chamber Thursday night, shortly after the Supreme Court denied his request for a delay. Associated Press reporter Mike Balsamo confirmed the 40-year-old was pronounced dead at around 9:30 p.m. Bernard, who died by lethal injection, is the ninth inmate to be executed by the federal government in 2020; the first was carried out […]
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