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New paper sheds light on experience of Black prisoners in infamous Illinois prison malaria experiments
Much has been said and written over the years about controversial malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary starting in the 1940s. But at least one part of that story ...
The Root10d
Why Black Folks Say Reality Star Todd Chrisley’s Comments on Black Prisoners Wasn’t Enough
Black activists have been fighting for prison reform for decades, so Todd Chrisley's recent advocacy is drawing criticism.
The Daily Telegraph1mon
El Salvador promotes its ‘happy’ prison where man wrongly deported by Trump is being held
At Centro Industrial prison in Santa Ana, the low-security jail where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadorian man mistakenly deported ... He added: “I am happy because the president Nayib ...
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Why a Mass. man is still in prison after his murder conviction was overturned
They also pointed out all three Black men in the ... Several of the exonerated men who stood with the New England Innocence Project members on Thursday knew Wright in prison — including Jabir ...
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White Man Who Defaced A Predominantly Black Church Faces 12 Months In A Predominantly Black Prison System
A white man in Michigan was sentenced to one year for vandalizing a Black church with hate speech. A white man in Michigan has been sentenced March 19 to 12 months in prison for defacing a ...
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Feds: Warren man accused of spray-painting swastikas on Black church gets 1 year in prison
Federal prosecutors said he defaced the church because it served a predominately Black congregation, had a Black pastor. A Warren man accused ... to one year in federal prison.
The Independent3mon
Cops filmed beating Black man in New York prison charged with his murder
A grand jury in Oneida County indicted 10 officers who were filmed fatally beating a 43-year-old inmate while handcuffed inside a New York prison ... a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at ...
Idaho Statesman5mon
‘Just a matter of time:’ Boise man sentenced to prison after shooting another man
Aaron Black was sentenced to at least five years in prison after he shot and injured another man in West Boise last year. Darin Oswald [email protected] Ada County Deputy Prosecutor ...
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Man sentenced to prison for helping pregnant Chinese women give birth in the US
A California man was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being found guilty ... laundering while running a company called USA Happy Baby. His wife, Phoebe Dong, was also convicted ...
AZFamily5mon
Man gets 100 years in prison for shooting rampage in Arizona and Nevada
A Texas man has learned his fate for a Thanksgiving shooting rampage that led authorities between Nevada and Arizona in 2020. Christopher McDonnell, 32, was sentenced to 100 years in prison by a ...
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Man sentenced to prison for killing, dismembering woman in Chandler
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Chandler man is set to spend more than three ... 66-year-old Timothy Sullivan was sentenced to over 30 years in prison for the murder of 49-year-old Amy Leagan.