Tag: criminal justice reform

(AURN News) — Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent nearly 23 years imprisoned in Mississippi, has died at 56, according to…

On this day in 1969, 14-year-old Vivian Strong was killed by an Omaha police officer. Vivian, a Black girl, was at a…

Hazel Nell Dukes, a tireless fighter for civil rights and the longtime president of the NAACP New York State Conference, died at…

This week, Illinois became the first state to end cash bail as a condition of pretrial release. Civil rights advocates have said…

A shift in criminal justice is taking place in Illinois, making it the first state in the U.S. to abolish cash bail.…