blacks in jail

Shamirah Johnson’s death in a Florida jail remains a mystery. Johnson, 29, was arrested on October 24 and held in Polk County Jail before being transferred to the Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. There are many questions surrounding Johnson’s death – and, so far, there are few answers. Here’s what […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race tainted his death sentence. The justices voted 6-2 Wednesday in favor of inmate Duane Buck. Buck had tried for years to get federal courts to look at his claim that […]