After serving 15 years — half of her life — in prison of what would have been a life sentence, Cyntoia Brown is now free. She left the Tennessee Prison for Women on the morning of Aug. 7. The now 31-year-old was tried as an adult at 16 years old…
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Cyntoia Brown To Be Released from Prison After Half of Her Life in Jail
Cyntoia Brown will finally walk as a free woman when she is released from jail on August 7. Brown, now 31, has spent half of her life behind bars. Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted Brown clemency eight months ago after being sentenced to life in prison in connection with the…
Kansas to Allow Transgender Citizens to Change Birth Certificates
Kansas is currently one of three states, including Ohio and Tennessee, that does not allow transgender people to amend the names and assigned genders on their birth certificates. That restriction is about to change. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly withdrew opposition to a lawsuit by Luc Bensimon, a transgender man, and…
Lincoln Correctional Center Female Prisoners Stripped Naked In Front of Men Ruled Legal
200 female prisoners at the Lincoln Correctional Center in Illinois were woken up early in the morning by a tactical unit armed with batons and shields. They were handcuffed and made to walk to a gymnasium. Once there, they stood facing the wall for more than an hour until the guards…
DNA Evidence Exonerates Royal Clark Jr. After 17 Years in Prison for a Robbery He Didn’t Commit
Royal Clark Jr. was released from prison after serving time for an armed robbery he didn’t commit. The Louisiana man tasted freedom for the first time on June 27 after serving over 17 years behind bars. The New Orleans Innocence Project’s diligent and necessary work led to Royal’s freedom. In…
Mentally Disabled Man Terrill Thomas Died of Dehydration in Jail, Family Awarded $6.75 Million
Terrill Thomas, who was only 38 years old, begged for water for days after Officer James Ramsey-Guy shut off all water to his cell, as ordered by Lt. Kashka Meadors of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. But the water was never to come. Thomas, who was mentally disabled, died of…
‘Feeling cute, might shoot your baby daddy today . . . idk’: Challenge Goes Awry With Prison Guards
In the “feeling cute” challenge, people share a photo of themselves at their jobs or in their work uniforms along with “feeling cute,” followed by a joke about their job. Some of them have gone viral, with police officers in fields of flowers. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Jeremy…
Women in Alabama Could be Jailed Up to 99 Years for Abortions
With a majority conservative Supreme Court, some states are pushing draconian legislation to try and get Roe v. Wade overturned. One of the most extremely anti-abortion proposals in the country is coming before Alabama lawmakers in a public hearing on Wednesday before the ironically-named House Health Committee that is determined…
Two Black Men Finally Receive Justice After Serving 43 Years In Prison
Two Black men, Clifford Williams, 76, and Hubert “Nathan” Myers, 61, are finally free from prison after 43 long years. The men, who are uncle and nephew, spent over four decades in a Florida prison for a murder they didn’t commit. Although the vindication was long overdue, how their case…
NFL Owners Prove They Are Still Trumps Racist Cronies
President Trump recently suggested that NFL players give him a list of people they believe were wronged by the justice system. If Trump agrees, he said earlier this month, he will “pardon them or at least let them out.” How did NFL owners respond They didn’t. That the league and…
