By Chanelle Ignant, Richmond Pulse via New America Media Special to the NNPA It’s a Thursday evening at Richmond High School, and the hallways of this normally bustling campus have fallen quiet. Behind closed doors in the school library, a small group of African American parents, community members and school administrators are huddled in a […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Since 1973, more than 300 innocent defendants have been sentenced to death, largely because Blacks are overrepresented among murder convictions and among those who are wrongfully condemned to die, according to a recent report.“The size of the group of innocent people sent to death surprised me, said […]

By Michelle Tullo WASHINGTON (IPS)  — Innocent people will be executed in the United States if the country’s capital punishment system is not reformed, warns a new report.These reforms include improving the use of forensic science, taping confessions, and providing better trained counsel to defendants. These suggestions were among 39 recommendations released Wednesday in a […]