Tag: Death Penalty

For more than four decades, one name has divided America, inspired activists and kept Philadelphia at the center of one of the nation's most polarizing criminal cases: Mumia Abu-Jamal. To supporters, the former journalist and Black Panther is a political prisoner whose unjust conviction is a clear example of racial bias, prosecutorial misconduct and the failures of the criminal justice system. To others, including the family of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner and many in law enforcement, he is a convicted cop killer whose conviction has withstood decades of appeals. The debate has never truly ended. Now, Abu-Jamal's legal team has taken his fight beyond U.S. courts, petitioning the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to weigh in on his incarceration.

James G. Broadnax’s execution in Texas sparks outrage over using rap lyrics as evidence. Can the legal system turn creative expression into a death sentence?

Nick Reiner has been formally charged with two counts of murder following the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, at their Brentwood home. Arrested and held without bail, his initial court appearance was delayed as he was not medically cleared.