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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A jury couldn’t reached a unanimous verdict Thursday in the second-degree murder trial of a Michigan police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, following a traffic stop in 2022. The judge declared a mistrial and ended the proceedings, a partial victory for Christopher Schurr . . .
SANTA FE, N.M. — A former police officer was found guilty Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station. Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford’s verdict in a jury trial is the latest outcome in cases that prosecutors have linked to systematic brutality […]
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias during jury selection, potentially opening the door to death row inmates throughout the state getting resentenced. The decision follows a landmark hearing last year brought by
A federal jury on Wednesday awarded nearly $100 million to the family of Botham Shem Jean, a Black man who was eating ice cream and watching television at home in Dallas when he was shot dead by a white police officer six years ago. Amber R. Guyger, the officer who killed Mr. Jean, used excessive […]
A Black man, convicted by an all-white jury, was executed in the US state of South Carolina for the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy. 59-year-old Richard Moore received a lethal injection on Friday and was pronounced dead at 6:24 . . .
Three former police officers have been convicted on federal charges related to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee — an incident in 2023 that sparked nationwide protests and calls for law enforcement reform. All three were found guilty of witness tampering when the verdict was delivered on Thursday. But they were cleared […]
Lawyers for a Black defendant challenging his 2009 death sentence argued Wednesday that North Carolina’s documented history of racial discrimination and perceived implicit bias in jury selection supports his claim that he should be resentenced to life in prison. If that were to happen in . . .
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