Former Wu-Tang Clan Affiliate Who Spent 23 Years In Prison Over Crime He Didn't Commit Awarded $7 Million

05/25/2022

Grant Williams has been out on parole since 2019.

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Three Louisiana Juvenile Escapees And Guard Accused Of Helping Them Captured At Texas Motel

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Ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Second-Degree Manslaughter In George Floyd Killing

The state is recommending a three-year sentence served in federal prison, a sentence that's below Minnesota's guidelines, according to the AP.
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The Congressional Black Caucus Calls For Student Debt Cancellation

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Student Mocks George Floyd's Death In Racist Prom Invite

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At Least 19 Children Killed During Texas Elementary School Mass Shooting; Gunman Ambushed 4th Graders

The massacre is the deadliest school shooting in Texas' history and comes just a week and a half after a gunman opened fire in Buffalo, killing 10 people.
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Former Wu-Tang Clan Affiliate Who Spent 23 Years In Prison Over Crime He Didn't Commit Awarded $7 Million

Grant Williams was convicted of murdering Shdell Lewis outside a Staten Island public housing complex in 1996, but his conviction was overturned.
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Beloved Georgia Pastor Stabbed To Death, Set On Fire By Inmate She Was Mentoring: Report

Rev. Marita Harrell mentored Christopher Devonta Griggs when he reportedly stabbed her and set her body on fire.
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La'Ron Hines Hosts BET Talks: McDonald's Future 22 | Part III

BET Talks: McDonald's Future 22 is a series that will spotlight dynamic, young leaders impacting their communities. Our host, La'Ron Hines, sits down with these Gamechangers as we get to know more about them and the platform they're using to invoke change. We hope that you're inspired by their stories and encouraged that our future is bright with this next generation! Part III features KeAndre' Jordan, Nyla Sams, Yasmine Jameelah, Parisia Hutchinson, Jordan Hunter, and Nasir Barnes.
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Overdue Student Debts Cancelled For Nearly 500 Black Women At HBCU

The Debt Collective purchased $1.7 million of overdue student debt from Bennett College, then canceled it.
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Man Who Won $10 Million Lottery Sentenced To Prison For Fatally Shooting His Girlfriend While She Slept

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Shooting Occurs At Xavier University, Leaving 1 Dead, 2 Wounded At Graduation Ceremony

Witnesses said they heard a commotion at the ceremony and saw people fighting before the gunfire started.
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Marion Barber, Former Dallas Cowboys Running Back, Found Dead In Apartment

No cause of death has been released, but Frisco, Texas police were conducting a welfare check when his body was found.
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Orlando Woman Allegedly Killed By 10-Year-Old Girl While Fighting The Child’s Mother

In questioning the girl, police said she told them she was defending her mother.
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Dean Of NCCU School Of Law Found Dead In Hotel Room

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Woman Arrested For Allegedly Throwing Boyfriend's Mother's Ashes Into Texas Lake

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