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An Ontario man sued 24 of his coworkers after they excluded him from a $50 million lottery win because he was on vacation. According to The U.S. Sun, Christopher Bates and his colleagues formed a pool at a Bombardier plant where they would play the lottery together and split the winnings should they take home the jackpot. […]
Meek Mill has secured a pardon. The 35-year-old—born Robert Rihmeek Williams—announced the big news via Instagram on Thursday, nearly 15 years after he was convicted of drug- and weapons-related charges. The move serves as an act of forgiveness for certain criminal convictions, and allows the related offenses to be expunged from his criminal record. “Thank y’all,” Meek captioned a photo of the […]
Spotify has debuted Kim Kardashian’s long-in-development true crime podcast series The System: The Case of Kevin Keith. The show’s titular subject was convicted of triple homicide in 1994. He has long maintained his innocence, and he and his family have spent almost three decades trying to prove he was wrongly accused. The series is the latest […]
Justin Bieber is taking break from the Justice Tour to focus on his health. Bieber took to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday to announce the news. A month ago the pop star resumed touring after revealing in June that he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In his announcement on IG, Bieber mentioned the illness as the reason […]
Joyce Watkins had been on parole since 2015, but it wasn’t until Wednesday when she was exonerated, that she was truly free. She spent 27 years in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated rape. Watkins is the first Black woman to be exonerated in Tennessee and the third woman in the state’s […]
In September Jay-Z petitioned a judge to release a man who’s serving a 20-year prison sentence for cannabis. Now it’s been revealed that Valon Vailes, 56, won’t walk free due to minor prison offenses. Valon Vailes has served 14 years since being sentenced in 2007 for intent to distribute over one ton of marijuana. TMZ reports that new court […]
With Drake and Kanye West set to come together in Los Angeles for the Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert on Thursday, Billboard caught up with J. Prince to discuss his role in ending the rappers’ longstanding beef. While discussing how Drizzy and Ye came together in an effort to advocate the clemency of Larry Hoover, J. Prince credited the co-founder of Chicago’s Gangster Disciples with […]
The four Black men who were wrongfully charged with raping a 17-year-old white girl in 1949 have been exonerated in the state of Florida 72 years later. The group has been dubbed the “Groveland Four.” According to CNN, Circuit Court Judge Heidi Davis in Lake County, Florida, posthumously dismissed the indictments of Ernest Thomas and Samuel Shepherd […]
The families of the victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting have just reached a settlement with the Justice Department after suing the FBI for negligence in not preventing the attack after they got an anonymous tip warning them of the shooter, Nikolas Cruz. According to NBC News, the families initially sued the FBI after they […]
El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, might be facing a 4-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. CBS News reports that the Department of Justice asked for this sentencing, with prosecutors also requesting she has five years of supervised release and pays a fine of $1.5 million. Aispuro previously pleaded guilty to the […]
