Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell’s appeal to stay out of prison while awaiting an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on corruption convictions was denied. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied McDonnell’s request on Thursday. He could potentially report to prision, as early as, August 27th. Bob McDonnell was sentenced to two years […]
Death Of Inmate At New York Prison Ruled A Homicide, Autopsy Suggests He Was Killed By Prison Guards
The death of NY inmate Samuel Harrell has been ruled a homicide following alleged abuse at the Fishkill Correctional Facility.
Former Governor Bob McDonnell was sentenced to 24-months in prison early this year following his corruption convictions. McDonnell appealed his case to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to remain free until a ruling comes. The appeals court upheld his convictions last month. Lawyers for the ex-governor sited fairness Monday to keep him free […]
An amended lawsuit has been filed against a Pennsylvania prison and its medical personnel for refusing Hepatitis C treatment to political prisoner and former Black…
Curtis and Catherine Jones were 12 and 13 years old when they confessed to the brutal murder of their father’s girlfriend in 1999. Now the…
The family of Sandra Bland has taken matters into their own hands regarding the 28-year-old’s alleged suicide in a Texas jail cell. According to NBC…
Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…
President Barack Obama says we all deserve a second chance. And with that being said, The President yesterday decided to free 46 convicted non-violent drug offenders sent to prison for long terms. There were five people from Virginia, Jermaine Osborne of Roanoke and Larry Belcher and James Stockton, both of Martinsville. There was also a person […]
Capping off a week of events and political actions to tackle prison reform, President Obama on Thursday became the first sitting president to visit a…
A week after the White House announced the president would commute sentences for dozens of non-violent drug offenders this summer, Barack Obama made good on the…
Despite a setback, his attorneys are not giving up on a comeback. Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will continue trying to overturn his corruption conviction. On Friday, a three-judge panel with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld McDonnell’s conviction on 11-counts of corruption. McDonnell was sentenced in January to two years in prison but remains […]
When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous New York City jail where he…
