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Snoop Dogg and Michael “Harry O” Harris reunited for the first time following Harris’ presidential pardon and release from prison. Snoop posted a picture of the two on Instagram, alongside the caption, “Welcome home big o. Bossangelos boss bac home wit da dogg.” He also thanked Donald Trump for granting Harris’ clemency. The Death Row […]
As was expected, Donald Trump has decided to grant a full pardon to Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., aka Lil Wayne, according to a statement from the White House. The Trump administration released the statement, which outlines pardons to 73 people and commutations of sentences to another 70, early on Wednesday morning, just hours before the reality television star’s term as […]
Dustin Higgs, the last person to be executed under the Trump administration, died Saturday morning at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Higgs was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., becoming the 13th federal prisoner put to death under Trump since July and the third execution this week. The 48-year-old father was convicted in […]
Seattle Seahawks employee Aaron Miyasato, 41, has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Miyasato, who worked as a security manager for the NFL team and also ran a photography business, is being held on $50,000 bail. The 41-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after Seattle police SWAT executed a search warrant at […]
The pro-Trump supporter who was seen roaming around the US Capitol last week in a fur hat with horns was taken into custody in Phoenix Saturday morning and charged with disorderly conduct, violent entry, and illegally being on restricted spaces within the Capitol grounds. Since then, he hasn’t eaten anything in the detention facility because, according to […]
The line between artistic expression and real-life experience has always been a point of contention when trying to evaluate hip-hop. This debate came to a head when a Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that rap lyrics can be used as evidence of a defendant’s guilt in court. Per Courthouse New Service, this verdict came as part of […]
Jay-Z , Michael Rubin, and Meek Mill’s criminal justice reform organization REFORM Alliance has landed another victory, this time in Michigan, On Monday, the Michigan State Legislature passed a set of laws—SB 1048, SB 1050, and SB 1051—that will revamp the state’s probation and parole system, which were supported by REFORM, Billboard reports. The new laws will reduce adult […]
Kodak Black has been fighting hard to get his time behind bars reduced. But it seems as though his pleas are falling on deaf ears. VladTV reported on Wednesday that federal prosecutors denied the rapper’s attempts to reduce his sentence because his motion failed to follow legal procedures or cite a valid reason for why he deserves less […]
Three men—including Florida rapper Splash Zanotti—are behind bars after they allegedly kidnapped a couple during a home invasion in which they took $20,000. According to an affidavit obtained by the local CBS affiliate, Zanotti (born Kejuan Brandon Campbell) was the ringleader of the incident and his accomplices are identified as Dionte Alexander-Wilcox and Antonio James. Federal prosecutors say the three men […]
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer widely referred to as a “citizen journalist,” has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with her reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai handed down the sentence on Monday, with the charges said to be “picking fights […]
