Criminal Justice System
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Eight Women Say the Same Man Raped or Assaulted Them. Now They’re Out for Justice
When the system failed to help them, these survivors banded together and took matters into their own hands
- Fighting Back
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Skateboarding Community and Family Pay Tribute to Tyre Nichols, ‘A Beautiful Soul’
A skateboarding tribute video of Nichols was shared on Friday
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‘I Hope They Stomp His Ass’: Memphis Police Release Video of Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols
Nichols cried out for his mother as police doused him with pepper spray and brutally punched and kicked him.
- Police Brutality
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How a Jeff Ross Jailhouse Comedy Roast Became the Center of a Death Row Appeal
Lawyers for convicted murderer Gabriel Hall are asking the Supreme Court to take up their case, claiming it was unconstitutional to show jurors a clip of Hall chatting with Ross for the comedy special
- Inside Jokes
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Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist — and Ran — Could Now Face Jail
Pieper Lewis, who was 15 at the time of the crime, escaped from the women's shelter where she's been serving probation. Now, her future is uncertain
- Victims Who Kill
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‘What Stupid A--hole Babies’: Fiona Apple Claims Maryland Officials Blocked Access for Court Watchers Over Pretrial Detention Suit
The singer-songwriter, who's been observing court proceedings for a couple of years, was one of several people to file an affidavit in support of plaintiffs suing over allegedly unlawful system
- Fiona Fights Back
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'We Are Human Beings': Alabama Prisoners Strike to Protest Abusive Conditions, Excessive Sentencing
Inmates across the deep-red state are refusing to work, demanding better treatment and an overhaul of out-of-whack standards that offer little chance of rehabilitation
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