Americans Believe the Civil Justice System is Racist
A summer of civil disturbance in Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer, appears to have had an effect on how the public view the criminal justice...
View ArticleUnited Nations Expresses Concern over Grand Jury Acquittals of Police Accused...
In 2012, there was an angry demonstration in Dallas, Texas when police shot and killed James Harper. Harper, an African American, was shot dead at drug house in the 5300 block of Bourquin Street while,...
View ArticleJustice Department Report Highlights Tainted Criminal Justice System in Ferguson
A damning report into the way crime is handled in Ferguson, MO., has confirmed that not all local criminal justice systems are equal and some are riddled with bad practices. This month the Justice...
View ArticleQuestions Linger Over the Death of Sandra Bland in a Texas Jail Cell
The deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers have dominated headlines nationally over the last 18 months. Texas has not been immune to cases like this. In the Dallas area, the death...
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Duane Buck Case Raises Allegations of Racism in the Texas Judicial System
Allegations of racism in the criminal justice system are nothing new but a high profile case in Texas has led to soul searching at a national level over allegations that a man was sentenced to death...
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Supreme Court Gives Texas Death Row Inmate New Hearing Over Racial Bias
The U.S. Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that race should not be a factor in sentencing in a death row appeal from Texas. In February, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed condemned Texas...
View ArticleAmericans Believe the Civil Justice System is Racist
A summer of civil disturbance in Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer, appears to have had an effect on how the public view the criminal justice...
View ArticleUnited Nations Expresses Concern over Grand Jury Acquittals of Police Accused...
In 2012, there was an angry demonstration in Dallas, Texas when police shot and killed James Harper. Harper, an African American, was shot dead at drug house in the 5300 block of Bourquin Street while,...
View ArticleJustice Department Report Highlights Tainted Criminal Justice System in Ferguson
A damning report into the way crime is handled in Ferguson, MO., has confirmed that not all local criminal justice systems are equal and some are riddled with bad practices. This month the Justice...
View ArticleQuestions Linger Over the Death of Sandra Bland in a Texas Jail Cell
The deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers have dominated headlines nationally over the last 18 months. Texas has not been immune to cases like this. In the Dallas area, the death...
View ArticleDuane Buck Case Raises Allegations of Racism in the Texas Judicial System
Allegations of racism in the criminal justice system are nothing new but a high profile case in Texas has led to soul searching at a national level over allegations that a man was sentenced to death...
View ArticleSupreme Court Gives Texas Death Row Inmate New Hearing Over Racial Bias
The U.S. Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that race should not be a factor in sentencing in a death row appeal from Texas. In February, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed condemned Texas...
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