A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya ...

John P. Sheeran had pleaded guilty as a youthful offender to attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon.

Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation ...

The request to dismiss the charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York raised questions about the independence of federal ...

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A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who was sentenced to death in 2009.

The incarceration rate of Black Americans has fallen sharply in the 21st century, according to a new study, but the trend has ...

Bacote spent 15 years on death row before former Governor Roy Cooper commuted his sentence to life without parole in December ...

Oppo is careful not to claim the Find N5 as the thinnest foldable smartphone, as Huawei’s Mate XT Ultimate, measuring just ...

We didn’t eat like this,” my cousin Patrick jokes, cutting his steak at a homecoming dinner with family to celebrate his ...

Trump says the 'worst of the worst' are being sent to Guantanamo. ACLU says some are low-risk, have no access to counsel or outside world.