After being found guilty of smuggling drugs with criminal intent in Russia, Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison and was fined 1 million rubles ($16,590), according to The Washington Post. The basketball star appeared in court on Thursday, becoming emotional while pleading with the judge for leniency. Source link Related Posts Nation’s […]
Federal prosecutors asked the judge to give Lane between 5.25 to 6.5 years in prison for his involvement in Floyd’s murder. Lane’s attorney Earl Gray asked for 2.25 years. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said that Lane played a “minimal role” in the incident, and also described him as a person of “outstanding character,” CNN […]
A Michigan man has been sentenced to prison time for allegedly shooting a 6-year-old child for being on his lawn with his siblings. Ryan Le-Nguyen plead no contest in March after discharging a firearm and causing injury to a 6-year-old who was playing on his yard. He was sentenced in April by 14 to 40 months to […]
(BPRW) Today’s News from The Marsh Proj and NPR: How the Newest Federal Prison Quickly Became One of The Deadliest (Black PR Wire) New York, NY — Today, The Marshall Project and NPR released a new investigation into the U.S. Penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois, a new federal prison that has quickly become one of the […]
The sentence for the civil rights case could be served concurrently with the sentencing for his murder conviction on the state level, according to CNN. In December, Chauvin pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s rights and admitted that he kept his knee on Floyd’s neck after he became unresponsive, NBC News reports. He also admitted that […]
Ates said while he was in prison he kept his mind focused on basketball and didn’t think much of the outside world. “When I get ready to play and start playing, you can zone everything else out,” Ates told Atlanta Black Star. In 2015, Ates’ case got another chance after the “Truth and Justice” podcast […]
Sohna says he didn’t have much money growing up, which motivated him into stealing and other crimes. “That’s what motivated me to gravitate more towards crime so I can help my family and more so I can help myself with issues of stuff like hunger, no clothes,” Sohna said. After several encounters with police and […]
Tyra Banks in Prison source Related Posts Fred on the tyra banks show HQ never heard his voice before without it being sped up….and no he is not gay! it’s just who he is. Read more L.K. – I like Brass Oh how i love brass :))) download link for the flp soon available . […]
MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A Black man in Louisiana is free after spending 44 years in prison for an attempted rape he says he didn’t commit. Avoyelles Parish Judge William Bennett on Tuesday overturned Vincent Simmons’ conviction Tuesday, finding that Simmons did not get a fair trial because jurors never heard some evidence in his […]
Shelby County prosecutor held a news conference regarding Gardner’s sentence. The tragic incident took place on July 1, 2016, when Gardner slit the throats of her youngest children– Tallen,4, Sya, 3, Sahvi, 2, and six-month-old Yahzi, inside of the Greens of Irene Apartments in Memphis. A neighbor called the police after seeing Gardner’s oldest son, Dallen, […]