From HipHopWired.com: A North Carolina mother and her lover—her 24-year-old nephew, are behind bars today in connection with the brutal rape and murder of the woman’s 23-year-old daughter.

From HipHopWired.com: A convicted pimp in New Jersey who identifies himself as “Prince” has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars for running a human trafficking and prostitution ring.

From TheGrio.com: A man is speaking out about why he attacked an alleged serial rapist in a Kansas City jail cell.

Former New York Giant Lawrence Taylor has had a life that has been shameful, exciting, devastating and amazing.  

I was on Facebook the other day, and someone made a joke about “being poked” (a way to draw someone’s attention on Facebook).  The person casually made the statement that it’s “better to be poked on Facebook than to be poked in prison.”

From NYDailyNews.com: He walked in smiling and left crying.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – The two youngest boys charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl last month may have been pressured into confessing and implicating others in the case, according to two people with firsthand knowledge of the police interrogations.

TRENTON, New Jersey — Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state’s capital, police said.