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Rev. Al Sharpton will call upon the U.S. Justice Department to take the lead in capital punishment cases across the country, and strip states from prosecuting them. Check out our Troy Davis Execution coverage Top 5 most wrongful executions ever Sharpton, who called the execution of Troy Davis, a “bleak day in the American justice […]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas  – A white supremacist gang member was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of a black man. James Byrd Jr., 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asphalt road in one of the most grisly hate crime murders […]

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death. Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that […]

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A white supremacist gang member was sentenced to the death penalty Wednesday for the infamous dragging death 13 years ago of James Byrd Jr., a Black man from Jasper in East Texas. Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy […]

The more education African-Americans have, the more likely they are to marry white people, a new study conducted by the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests. The study claims that an increasing number of college-educated Black people marry outside their race because they have more interactions with those of other races while attending college. Blacks […]

ATLANTA — A defense attorney says Georgia prison officials have blocked inmate Troy Davis from taking a polygraph test before his scheduled execution. Attorney Stephen Marsh told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Georgia Department of Corrections has denied his request to allow Davis to take a polygraph test. Davis is scheduled to die […]

Burglary charges against one of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual misconduct, have been dropped after Long refused to testify. Anthony Boyd, who accused Long of sexual coercion, was accused in 2010 of breaking into the office of Bishop Eddie Long’s offices and stealing over $100,000 worth of property. Boyd told the […]

ST. LOUIS — A Kindergartener brought a crack pipe and meth to class for show and tell in Sweet Springs, Missouri right outside of St. Louis. The teacher found out about the kindergartener’s plan before he had a chance to show the items to his class. Man Receives 15 Year Sentence For Unweighable Amount Of […]

Below is a letter from Troy Davis who is scheduled to be executed tonight in the state of Georgia in one of the most controversial death penalty cases of the century. Here is the letter: I want to thank all of you for your efforts and dedication to Human Rights and Human Kindness, in the […]

Legendary singer Tony Bennett has apologized for comments he made on the Howard Stern show laying blame on the U.S. for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Check out our Top 11 9/11 Conspiracy Theories More 9/11 Truthers “I am sorry if my statements suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country, my […]

Cynthia Tucker has an op-ed on The Grio in which she speculates that Troy Davis is not only a victim of racism, but of class discrimination as well. Tucker argues that class and not race was the critical factor in Troy Davis’s conviction and execution, and that if Davis was a middle class African American, […]

On his MSNBC show last night, Reverend Al Sharpton called the decision to execute Troy Davis “a bleak day for anyone who cares about justice in this country.” Sharpton will be leading a march in Atlanta today to protest the execution. Risky? Troy Davis Willing To Take Polygraph To Prove Innocence Troy Davis’ Lawyers To […]