Your
unfiltered
news center.
®
The world you see depends upon the news you get.
®
Subscribe to Our Updates
Powered By:
BlackRadioNetwork.com
|
MinorityNewsService.net
|
MinorityNews.net
HOME
ARTS
CIVIL RIGHTS
FINANCIAL
HEALTH
LEGAL
POLITICS
CONTACT
RSS
May 2, 2024
Metropolitan Celebrates Four Innovative, Water-Saving Projects
•
University of Phoenix Professional Development Hosts Webinar on How Organizations Can Integrate Traditional Titles With a Skills
•
ACCO Brands Reports First Quarter Results
•
SES AI Reports First Quarter 2024 Earnings Results; Affirms 2024 Outlook
•
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of 2024
•
Sustainability Accelerating Investor Appetite in the Environmental Sector
•
First Horizon Bank Teaches Financial Literacy Skills to more than 7,000 Students
•
Afya Limited Announces Entering Into a Share Purchase Agreement for the Acquisition of Unidompedro and Faculdade Dom Luiz
•
Adtalem Global Education Fiscal Third Quarter 2024 Results; Guidance Raised
•
Brookdale Management to Participate in Two Investor Conferences in May 2024
•
Willdan Group Reports First Quarter Results
•
Apogee Enterprises Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
•
Illinois American Water Proudly Recognizes American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grantees
•
AHRC Nassau's 75th Anniversary Spotlights History of Advocacy, Importance of Membership
•
Inclusive Workforce Pathways Emerge as the Cornerstone for Corporate Resilience
•
Canada and Blue Jays teaming up to renovate Mary Dorothy Jacobs Memorial Park baseball diamond in Curve Lake First Nation
•
Hyundai Motor Spearheads U.S. Zero-Emission Freight Transportation with NorCAL ZERO Project Launch
•
Yale's Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, named to TIME100 Lists of Most Influential People in the World
•
TARAJI P. HENSON, TASHA SMITH, METHOD MAN, MARSAI MARTIN, LARENZ TATE, ANGIE MARTINEZ AND MORE JOIN MARY J. BLIGE FOR THE THIRD
•
GROUNDBREAKING STUDY REVEALS HEIGHTENED CONSUMER DEMAND FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN ADVERTISING RESULTING IN UP TO 10X INCREASE IN SA
Search results for "sentenced"
Page:
::
::
1
2
3
4
5
MINORITY BANK SCAMMER GETS MAX
August 12, 2011
A federal judge has sentenced Jammie E. Harris to the maximum prison term for her role in fleecing Pittsburgh's only minority-owned bank of more than $3 million. "I regret a lot of the things I have done," said Harris in a rambling statement to Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch. Judge Bloch interrupted Harris' plea for leniency citing her 36 prior convictions ...
read more
Convictions In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
August 08, 2011
A federal jury issued across-the-board guilty verdicts against five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on 25 counts in connection with the federal prosecution of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina and an extensive cover-up of those shootings The incident resulted ...
read more
ACLU Challenges "Pay Or Stay" Prison Policy
August 04, 2011
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan said today that they are challenging “pay or stay†sentences imposed on five persons across the state who were illegally jailed for being too poor to pay court fines. ...
read more
New Orleans PD Under Fire In Corruption Case
July 18, 2011
In New Orleans’ federal courthouse, five police officers are currently facing charges of killing unarmed black civilians who were escaping floods from the failed levees that buckled during Hurricane Katrina. The police are also charged with conspiring to cover up their crimes. Local sources say, ...
read more
Racist Murderer Gets Life For Killing Black Lawman
July 06, 2011
The Justice Department announced that Dale Mardis, 57, was sentenced today to life in prison, with no possibility of parole, for the racially-motivated killing of Shelby County, Tenn., Code Enforcement Officer Mickey Wright. Mardis was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald. ...
read more
Is A Post-Racial America Possible?
June 21, 2011
As the field of candidates for President grows, some in the Black community are being forced to accept the hard reality that race relations in America have not improved. Still others never thought a post-racial America ever had a chance to begin with. ...
read more
Report: More Hispanics Go To Federal Prison
June 06, 2011
Statistics released this week revealed that Hispanics now comprise nearly half of all people sentenced for federal felony crimes, a number swollen by immigration offenses. ...
read more
Killer Who Dragged Black Man Gets Execution Date
June 01, 2011
Three white men chained the 49-year-old black man to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him to death on a country road near Jasper. ...
read more
Civil Rights Groups Urge Retroactive Application Of Sentencing Reforms
May 25, 2011
Signatories included the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Rev. Al Sharpton. ...
read more
ACTIVIST'S DEATH SENTENCE KO'D
April 26, 2011
...
read more
Soul Session In Vietnam
April 25, 2011
Thousands of black soldiers have rejected traditional Army life, set up their own counterculture on bases throughout Vietnam. ...
read more
Black Man Discusses Wrongful Imprisonment At Bucknell
April 19, 2011
Since becoming a free man, Bozella has taken his message of hope and determination around the country. ...
read more
Massachusetts Man Convicted For Burning Black Chuch
April 15, 2011
Jacques and his co-conspirators used racial slurs against African-Americans and expressed anger about the possible election of Obama as the first African-American President. ...
read more
Man Gets Death In Anti-Immigrant Killing
April 08, 2011
An Arizona jury has given a death sentence to a man who killed a drug dealer and his 9-year-old daughter in a bungled plan to fund an anti-immigrant group. ...
read more
Politicians Refuse Pardons--Perpetuate Injustice
April 05, 2011
Barbour told reporters, civil rights leaders and protesters not to hold their breath waiting for him to pardon Jamie and Gladys Scott. ...
read more
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Joins Mumia Abu-Jamal's Defense Team
April 01, 2011
The LDF will now be directing the defense strategy to fight the prosecution’s determination to reinstate the death penalty. ...
read more
Man Believes Race Played Role In His Conviction
March 30, 2011
"The stress of this wrongful conviction has dismantled my family, disgraced my ministry, demolished my reputation, credibility and business relationships." ...
read more
Scammer Who Targeted Latinos Gets 22yr Sentence
March 17, 2011
The man behind these scams did most of the damage by purposely targeting mostly working-class, Spanish-speaking victims in Los Angeles. ...
read more
Puerto Ricans Targeted By Identity Theives
March 03, 2011
...
read more
Holder Accused Of Playing The Race Card
March 02, 2011
...
read more
NAACP Building Membership, Power
February 24, 2011
...
read more
Men Get 9 Yrs For Hate Crime Beating Death
February 24, 2011
...
read more
Death Sentence For Border Vigilante
February 23, 2011
...
read more
Heritage Tour Commemorates Bloody Sunday
February 18, 2011
...
read more
Three Plead Guilty In LA Cross Burning
February 17, 2011
...
read more
Civil Rights Documentary To Premier In GA
February 16, 2011
The documentary tells Hollowell’s story through his service as lead counsel in the Holmes case. ...
read more
Racism And The Criminal Justice System
February 14, 2011
...
read more
Program Changes Path Of Youth Offenders
February 14, 2011
...
read more
Redemption For Micheal Vick?
January 31, 2011
...
read more
Film Highlights Black Woman's Execution
January 28, 2011
...
read more
Adopted As Infant, Korean Faces Deportation
January 21, 2011
...
read more
Page:
::
::
1
2
3
4
5
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
Rev. Al Sharpton
9 to 11 am EST
Rev. Jesse Jackson
10 to noon CST
LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
Atlanta -
WAOK-Urban
Berkley / San Francisco -
KPFA-Progressive
Chicago -
WVON-Urban
Los Angeles -
KJLH - Urban
New York -
WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York -
WADO-Spanish
New York -
WBAI - Progressive
Washington -
WOL-Urban