Source: F. Carter Smith / Getty Reprieve, a non-profit organization advocating against the death penalty, shed light on a troubling aspect of the controversial form of capital punishment in a new report. According to the organization’s latest study, Black individuals have experienced botched lethal injection executions at an alarming rate compared to their white counterparts,…
The wife and mother of Greg and Travis McMichael has launched a website countering “media-driven narratives” about her convicted family members and presenting her account of what happened the day Ahmaud Arbery was killed. The McMichaels are serving life sentences in state prisons for Arbery’s murder on Feb. 23, 2020. Cellphone video shows the father-son…
Source: SeventyFour / Getty Two years ago, 37-year-old Tremar Harris was a pre-trial detainee in solitary confinement at the Appling County jail in Brunswick, Georgia. Now, Harris has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against three correctional officers, one of whom can be seen in surveillance video wrapping a chain around his neck…
Acting veteran Lela Rochon is strutting her way into her seventh decade after celebrating her 60th birthday earlier this week. The beloved actress shared a recent video of dancing in leather to Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” hit “Texas Hold ‘Em,” and fans are gushing over how good she still looks at age 60. Folks online have…
Source: Sean Pavone / Getty “It never ends,” began Nsombi Lambright-Haynes during an exclusive discussion with NewsOne about Mississippi’s Goon Squad members, Brett McAlpin, who filed a notice of appeal this week despite having plead guilty to torturing two Black men, his attorney Aafram Sellers reported. Lambright-Haynes is the executive director of Mississippi OneVoice, a…
After spending 11 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Anthony Robinson was released last week, following his conviction that was overturned due to compelling new medical evidence that proved his innocence. Robinson, a Chicago Black man, was exonerated on April 8 for a murder conviction dating back to 2013. The case sparked…
Source: RealPeopleGroup / Getty If you’ve had some trouble finding women-led, Black-owned 4/20-friendly Instagram accounts to follow, then I’m going to need all of my weed heads to gather ’round for an important PSA. You tribe exists, and they have a wealth of information on all your cannabis needs. From dissecting the best strains to…
Deion Sanders’ fans are convinced that Coach Prime Time is laughing to keep from crying as he continues to process that he will soon become a first-time grandfather. News that the NFL retiree’s eldest daughter, Deiondra Sanders, is expecting her first child with her boyfriend, singer Jacquees, was revealed in March. The University of Colorado…
A disturbing video shows a now-detained woman pushing a deceased man into a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil bank to co-sign a loan earlier this week. Ericka de Souza Vieira Nunes’ alleged stunt resulted in employees calling the police, leading to her arrest on Tuesday. In the video, Nunes is seen at the Itau Bank counter…
Singer Brian McKnight is trending on social media after doting on his new family, while saying that his older children, born out of wedlock, were products of sin. Each week, the songwriter, who was raised Seventh-day Adventist, engages with people on social media in a live session titled “WeeklyReplies.” After praising his stepdaughter Julia as…
