Valuing Black Life
Valuing Black Life
While the causes of inequality are more complex than they were under the discriminatory criminal laws of the Jim Crow Era, inequity through racial profiling, prosecutorial discretion, and disparate sentencing remains. Death penalty cases reveal …
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Police target East St. Louis' 'Vulture Alley'
Undercover agents were used in various capacities to capture the johns who were crawling all over the area, the drug dealers who boldly peddled their illegal wares on corners, or by hopping in and out of cars, and flagging potential buyers over to them …
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Drug Cartel Beauty Queens
In the wake of his arrest, El Chapo leaves behind a wife that now joins a long list of Mexican beauty queens whose fairytales were cut short by their law-breaking lovers. When the Mexican marines burst into El Chapo's apartment, … “She was a slender …
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Quanto The Police Dog Stabbed Repeatedly, Edmonton Man Pleads Guilty
Court heard the 27-year-old was on parole and high on cocaine and methamphetamine when he got caught driving a car with stolen plates on Oct. 7. When police tried to pull him over, he sped over a … He had previously received a lifetime ban from …
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