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As Wayne County Prosecutor election primary nears Aug. 4, family and supporters of wrongfully convicted Darrell Ewing rally July 2, 2020 Ewing and co-defendant Derrico Searcy won new trial Oct. 24, 2017 due to jury contamination, lack of “overwhelming evidence of … Continue reading →

Bill would condition federal funding on whether states release eligible prisoners endangered by COVID-19 in U.S. prisons, jails Introduced by Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Barbara Lee  The top five clusters of the virus across the U.S. are all in … Continue reading →

By MATT O’BRIEN, AP Technology Writer   June 24, 2020 A Black man who says he was unjustly arrested because facial recognition technology mistakenly identified him as a suspected shoplifter is calling for a public apology from Detroit police. And for … Continue reading →

 Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor June 11, 2020 Having not yet won real power over the police, this is no time for a lull or a truce — it’s time to sharpen our political instruments and deepen the mass movement’s … Continue reading →

1994 MSP forensic lab report shows “[no] Negroid hairs . . . that could have originated from David Shelton;” complete report withheld from defense Rape victim said attacker “could have been a white man,” did not identify him in live … Continue reading →

By JASON DEAREN and MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press May 7, 2020 11 a.m. GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and … Continue reading →