Prison Sentences for Black Men Nearly 20 Percent Longer Than Whites
Black men are getting longer sentences than white men for the same crimes, according to the U.S. Se...
Atty. Gen. Holder Proposes Shorter Sentences for Crack Offenses
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. wants to reduce the sentences that Black crack cocaine offender...
Could an Ancient Criminal Record Be Keeping You From a Job?
The EEOC discusses the impact of criminal record screenings on minority workers....
Two Men Sentenced to Jail for a Racist Murder in London 18 Years Ago
Eighteen years after Black teen Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death at a bus stop in London, fore...
Judges Sentence Charles Taylor to 50 Years
Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was sentenced to 50 years for "some of the most he...
Many Crack Convicts Are Going Home | News | BET.com
Posted March 6, 2008 – Many of the federal inmates charged for crack cocaine offenses – who are ser...
Justices Decide Crack Vs. Powder Disparity Is Unfair
Posted Dec. 11, 2007 - Judges who believe lighter sentences are appropriate for some defendants con...
Congress Narrows Gap in Cocaine Sentences
Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences...
Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama
Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama...
U.K. Rapist Who Preyed on Elderly Gets 27 Years
Delroy Grant — dubbed the "Night Stalker" — was convicted of attacks on 18 elderly men and women be...
UK Group: 3/4 of Young Black Men on DNA Database
UK group: 3/4 of young black men on DNA database...
Mose Jefferson Convicted of Bribery Charges in La.
Mose Jefferson convicted of bribery charges in La....
U.S. Could Bring Hate Charge in Fla. Teen Shooting
Legal experts and former prosecutors say George Zimmerman could be charged with a hate crime....
Pepsi Beverages Pays $3.1M in Racial Bias Case
Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for usin...
The War Against the War on Drugs
Reps from the Drug Policy Alliance discuss their intense fight for drug policy reforms....
First Conviction Unlikely to Help Obama Shut Gitmo
WASHINGTON – The first court conviction of a Guantanamo Bay detainee did little to push Presi...
Sister's Kidney Donation Condition of Miss. Parole
JACKSON, Miss. – For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars ...
Mayweather, Pacquiao Settling Defamation Case
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, cleari...
Governor of Punjab Province, Shot by Bodyguard, Laid to Rest
Pakistan is in three official days of mourning as Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province sh...
