Earlier this month, 61-year-old Willie Stokes released from prison after spending over three decades behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Stokes was convicted of murder in 1984, mostly based on the testimony of Franklin Lee, a friend who claimed Stokes had confessed to killing a man named Leslie Campbell during a dice game. […]
Doling out pardons is a holiday tradition for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who around every Christmas grants them to a handful of ordinary citizens, typically for minor offenses committed years or decades ago. But one name stands out on his desk: George Floyd. Abbott has not said whether he will posthumously pardon Floyd this year for a […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s court of appeals reversed the murder conviction and death sentence of a Black man Wednesday, saying his defense team failed to interview a key witness who saw a white man fleeing the victim’s home. Jesse Johnson was accused of stabbing Harriet Thompson, a 28-year-old Black nurse’s aide, to death in […]
Wales will become the first UK nation to make black history lessons mandatory in schools, from 2022. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and Black Lives Matter protests, the government wants children to become “ethical and informed”. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on […]
The district attorney who previously prosecuted Cosby, Kevin Steele, acknowledged Andrea Constand, one of the first survivors to publicly accuse Cosby, and said he hopes the court’s decision will not negatively impact sexual assault reporting in the future. “I want to commend Cosby’s victim Andrea Constand for her bravery in coming forward and remaining steadfast […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 83, flashed the […]
Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned the sexual assault conviction for Bill Cosby, who has served more than two years of a three- to 10-year sentence at a state prison near Philadelphia. In the ruling on Wednesday, the 7-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Cosby had been denied a fair trial in 2018. The 83-year-old actor was […]
A Florida District of Appeal voted unanimously last week to uphold the conviction of a former Palm Beach police officer who fatally shot a Black driver who was pulled over after his car stalled on the interstate. Nouman Raja’s attorneys argued that his 2019 convictions for manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder for the 2015 killing […]
An attorney representing former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appeared in front of a panel of Texas appeals court judges this week to argue in favor of overturning her murder conviction. The former police officer didn’t appear in court on Tuesday, and ABC News reports that the panel appears skeptical of the case made by […]
While Derek Chauvin adjusts to jail another former police officer who’s already in prison is seeking to get her murder conviction overturned according to CBS 11 Dallas. Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, a year and half into her 10 year sentence for the murder of Botham Jean in September 2018 will have her appeal […]