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Joseph James DeAngelo, a 74-year-old former California cop known as “the Golden State Killer,” has now received multiple life-in-prison sentences. DeAngelo previously pleaded guilty back in June to 13 murder charges, as well as 13 rape-related charges, as part of a plea deal. Per the Associated Press, moments before his sentencing on Friday, DeAngelo—whose long-unsolved case […]
Kim Kardashian has joined forces with Monica in the fight to free C-Murder from prison. Kardashian posted a series of tweets Sunday explaining the revelations that followed the trial of C-Murder, born Corey Miller, who was sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Steve Thomas in 2009. In 2009, Ernest Johnson, president of the NAACP in Louisiana, called for an investigation into C-Murder’s trial after one of the […]
A Connecticut prison inmate hung himself earlier this week with the mask provided to him to help curb the possibility of contracting COVID-19, TMZ reports. Daniel Ocasio, 32, had been serving his sentence for a third-degree burglary charge since August at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center when he was found dead with his cloth mask tied around his neck in the early morning hours […]
Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC have filed additional legal documents that highlight the inhumane conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm. The entertainers and social justice organization submitted documents this week that outline the ways Parchman personnel have put inmates’ lives at risk amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jay, Gotti, and their attorneys claim that as of July 30, 2020, […]
A Ku Klux Klan leader has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for driving his truck in a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters back in June. According to BuzzFeed News, 36-year-old Harry Rogers was convicted of six misdemeanors and is still facing three felony charges of attempted malicious wounding, which could […]
A Black war veteran who was serving a life sentence over a $30 marijuana sale will seen be released from prison. According to ABC News, Louisiana prosecutors announced Thursday they had agreed to reduce Derek Harris’ sentence to time served. The Army vet was arrested in 2008 after he allegedly sold less than a gram of weed […]
Juelz Santana is now a free man. The Dipset rapper was released from prison Wednesday, following a week-long delay. Santana’s wife, Kimbella, confirmed the big news minutes before he walked out of the Petersburg Medium Federal Corrections Institution in Hopewell, Virginia. “Juelz was supposed to get released last Tuesday but some shit happened,” she said in a […]
The Bad Boy Records rapper formerly known as Loon has been granted an early release from prison by U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle, the New York Post reports. Loon, who was born Chauncey Hawkins before legally changing his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith after converting to Islam in 2008, filed for a “instant compassionate release” motion in early […]
For many, the inarguable ease of sanctioned marijuana sales and usage made possible by progressive states’ legality shifts can likely obscure the fact that—despite such promising developments in parts of the country—far too many others remain behind bars for weed-related offenses. In the latest episode of Complex World, NBA veteran and Viola founder Al Harrington […]
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and his soon-to-be ex-wife Kellie are each facing nine counts of tax crimes, TMZ has learned. These charges are pertaining to their alleged failure to pay state taxes in Minnesota, as well as aiding and abetting the filing of false or fraudulent returns, and failing to file returns. Prosecutors claim both […]
