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Maya Moore fans were shocked this year when they learned she would miss a second consecutive season to focus on criminal justice reform. The Minnesota Lynx star announced she was putting her career on hold to fight for the release Jonathan Irons—a 40-year-old Black man who was wrongly convicted in the late 1990s. “Basketball has […]
Over the weekend, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron celebrated his engagement with a small gathering of family and friends. The party took place after Cameron claimed that he was “working around the clock” on the case against the officers who shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor earlier this year. According to TMZ, sources close to […]
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that an existing civil rights law protects workers from job discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. Associated Press reports that the court decided by a 6-3 vote that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate based on a person’s […]
The family of Maurice Gordon, who was shot and killed by a New Jersey State Police trooper over Memorial Day weekend, is pleading for more information after an attorney viewed a portion of police video of the traffic stop. “As an initial matter, when you have family that is grieving, have a son that is […]
Following a report that Joe Exotic‘s legal team would be ramping up its massive campaign to secure a presidential pardon for the Tiger King subject and meme-inspirer, a reliably bizarre video has been released in which the team pleads directly to Trump regarding what they feel is “a failure of justice.” “They say everything is […]
The Justice Department officially dropped its charges against former Trump aide Michael Fynn on Thursday. Bloomberg reports that Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his talks with a Russian ambassador to the U.S. before Trump’s inauguration, has already received praise from Donald Trump as the charges were dropped. When speaking about the news […]
A 25-year-old Brunswick, Georgia man was shot and killed by two locals when he was out for a run, and his killers still haven’t been charged. The New York Times reports that Ahmaud Arbery was a big fan of running to keep in shape, having previously been a high school football standout. This February he ran […]
Meek Mill’s criminal justice organization REFORM Alliance has just unveiled policy recommendation to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in prisons. Co-founded by Meek, JAY-Z, Robert Kraft, and Michael Rubin among others, REFORM hopes to assist U.S. governors on preventing the virus spreading behind bars. Known as the S.A.F.E.R. Plan, the policy recommendation was penned […]
Kim Kardashian continues to crusade for criminal justice reform by seeking the release of a Pennsylvania man. On Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf commuted David Sheppard’s life sentence. Sheppard served 25 years in prison for his role in a 1992 robbery during which his accomplice shot and killed a man. Yet instead of living his life as a free man, Sheppard […]
Meek Mill‘s controversial, years-long Philadelphia case has reached a conclusion. Per a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Meek and prosecutors have reached a deal on the 2007 case in which Meek pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. All other charges, meanwhile, have been dropped. In a statement, Meek expressed gratitude to have finally reached the […]
