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California Black Media4 months ago

Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Decision That Eliminated Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

In April, a federal judge ordered Alameda County to review over 30 death penalty convictions following allegations that the Alameda District Attorney’s office removed Black and...
#NNPA BlackPress1 year ago

Report Reveals that Racial Disparities in Incarceration Persist, Despite Progress

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite these positive trends, the report underscores that imprisonment levels remain alarmingly high nationwide, particularly for Black Americans. The authors caution that the...
#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...
#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

Locked Out: Millions of Voters Are Disenfranchised Ahead of Midterm Elections

“While many states have taken steps to expand the right to vote to people with felony convictions, this report makes it clear that millions of our...

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