Former Chicago police officer Jason VanDyke was sentenced to 6 ¾ years in prison for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Kimberly Mutcherson made history as the first woman, first African American, and the first member of the LGBTQ community to be named co-dean of Rutgers-Camden Law...
After nearly 70 years, the Groveland Four — four young black men falsely accused of raping a white woman in Lake County — were pardoned by...
Thomia Hunter, a woman who was sentenced to life in prison for killing her abusive ex-boyfriend in 2005, has been granted clemency.
Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was 16 years old, has been granted...
Twenty six years ago, Quiana Dees was found in a vacant lot on Washington Avenue in Neptune, NJ suffering from a gun shot wound.
One of the most baffling mysteries on the Jersey Shore has been solved. A 40-year-old woman has been charged for the death of 12-year-old Quiana Dees.
One of the biggest victories during this year's mid term elections is one that puts an end towards a 138 year-old Jim Crow era law.
Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment which would allow people with felony convictions to vote, once their sentence is completed.
Lucy McBath, the gun control and racial justice activist whose son Jordan Davis was killed in a 2012 shooting, is now headed to Congress