A Houston man who spent more than three years in jail for a murder he did not commit is now suing the city and two police officers, claiming his arrest was based on flawed evidence and a rushed investigation. Imagine waking up one day to find your life ripped apart by a murder charge you […]

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'Life After Lockup: Innocent After Lockup' follows Ru-el Sailor to court where the judge declares his innocence.

President Biden pardoned the first Black Secret Service agent to serve the White House, 87-year-old Abraham Bolden, nearly 60 years after he was "targeted for prosecution in retaliation for exposing unprofessional and racist behavior within the U.S. Secret Service."

Race Matters

Rodney Reed Rallies Public Support In Case, Asking Gov. Abbott To Stop His Execution Amid New Evidence Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed in Texas on November 20th. He’s been on death row for 21 years for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop, Texas. Police claim Reed assaulted, raped and strangled Stites, […]

New Movie

“Brian Banks” Movie Trailer Released Remember the story of Brian Banks? The All-American high school football star who spent YEARS of his life behind bars after being falsely accused of rape? Well, Banks is the inspiration for a new film out this summer and the trailer and teaser poster were released today. The drama stars […]

The state of Kansas has finally passed a new law that provides compensation to people who are wrongly imprisoned — and first up to receive his retribution is 42-year-old Richard Anthony Jones. According to NBC News, Jones spent 17 years in prison for a crime he has always insisted he didn’t commit. Then attorneys discovered […]

Megyn Kelly Interviews Bad Cop And Wrongfully Convicted Black Man He Framed About Their Unlikely Friendship Dang, did we have it wrong about Megyn Kelly? Or nah? This week, for a special segment on forgiveness Megyn Kelly sat down with a white former police officer and one of the black men he framed, resulting in […]

Lawsuits, News, SMH

Man Awarded Millions After Being Wrongfully Convicted & Contracting HIV From Prison Rape A D.C. man who was wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for 22 years over a crime he didn’t commit is finally receiving compensation for all that he has gone though as a result. via Washington Post A D.C. Superior Court judge […]

Falsely Convicted Black Man Sues NYPD For $25 Million After Serving 24 Years In Prison Yet another wrongfully-convicted black man was forced to spend over two decades of his life behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, and now he’s rightfully seeking compensation via CBS New York A man who spent 24 years in […]

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This poor man, Kevin Fox, was wrongfully accused of raping and murdering his 3-year-old daughter and served time before being cleared by DNA evidence. He was awarded $8 million on the wrongful conviction, but that’s not enough to bring back his daughter, find his killer or make up for the injustice. Continue