At 16-year-old Laquanda “Faye” Jacobs was arrested and later convicted for a murder she and others allege she didn’t commit. Now, after serving 26 years in prison Jacobs is trying to clear her name according to People. According to the media outlet, Jacobs was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, worked at a Burger King, was […]
Chicago man convicted of a 2003 murder has been released after his twin brother stepped forward and confessed after serving nearly 20 years CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of a 2003 murder has been granted a new trial, years after his twin brother stepped forward and confessed to the crime. Kevin Dugar was […]
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. […]
An Illinois social worker was stabbed to death during a scheduled home visit last week. Deidre Silas conducted a home visit in Sangamon County after reports of six young children being endangered. Silas, 36, went to the home to investigate and was reportedly stabbed by 32-year-old Benjamin Reed, who is white according to CBS Chicago. […]
After her husband’s untimely death, Bertha Clavering (Betty Ann Davies) became an extremely wealthy widow, determined to keep the estate for herself and her daughter, Janice (Sheila Burrell). Returning home after a lengthy stay abroad, step-daughter Joan (Hazel Penwarden), rightful heiress to the Clavering wealth, unwittingly enters a house of terror and intimidation as Bertha […]
Either choice amounts to a stiff sentence. Even if the judge allows a possibility of parole, the McMichaels and Bryan will have to serve at least 30 years in prison first. For Travis McMichael, who is 35, “that could make a significant difference,” said Page Pate, an Atlanta criminal defense attorney who isn’t involved in […]
A Black man wrongly convicted of killing Malcolm X has now filed a lawsuit against New York state for $20 million. Muhammed Aziz, now 83, spent 20 years behind bars on a first-degree murder charge in Malcolm X’s death. He was convicted along with two other men, Mujahid Halim and Khalil Islam, in 1966. “As […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio sheriff’s deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times was charged with murder Thursday, as Goodson’s family also filed a federal civil rights lawsuit and the now-retired deputy publicly shared details of what happened from his perspective for the first time. The December 2020 shooting of Goodson, […]
Former Georgia District Attorney Jackie Johnson was arrested for her role in delaying justice for Ahmaud Arbery. He was chased and killed while running through a mostly white neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia in 2020. Johnson has been accused of violating her oath by “showing favor and affection” to Gregory McMichael and “failing to treat Arbery […]
A 83-year-old man has always maintained that he didn’t kill his wife in 1974, has now been found not guilty after serving 45 years in prison. Isaiah Andrews has been vindicated after a new trial was granted to him in 2020 once his attorneys from the Ohio Innocence Project found compelling evidence pointing to another […]