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Michael Baisden

Aug 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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Plaxico Burress: Jury Saw Me As Black Man With A Gun

Plaxico Burress: Jury Saw Me As Black Man With A Gun

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress spoke to Bryant Gumbel recently about how his race may have affected the jury’s decision in the 2009 gun possession case that landed him in prison for two years.

Burress, who was charged with illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, told Gumbel that he expected the jurors to be compassionate about the incident, but later realized that he was wrong about

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Tom Joyner

Jul 19, 2011 at 11:49 am

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Say What?! Jailers Serve Inmates Rotted Meat?

Say What?! Jailers Serve Inmates Rotted Meat?

NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates.

The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain.

The NY Daily News Reports:

An inventory of ruined food included cubed turkey thighs, Cajun turkey patties,

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Tom Joyner

Jul 12, 2011 at 8:50 am

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Prison Preacher Paid Inmate For Oral Sex

Prison Preacher Paid Inmate For Oral Sex

NEW YORK — Frank DeTucci, a 70-year-old prison chaplain at the Queensboro Correctional Facility has admitted to paying an inmate to let him perform oral sex on him.

The New York Daily News reports:

When questioned, DeTucci admitted that on July 5 he paid the same inmate $120 and $150 on two separate occasions to perform oral sex on him in the chaplain’s office at the minimum-security Long Island City facility.

DeTucci has been

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Tom Joyner

Jul 6, 2011 at 9:43 am

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Inmate Who Killed Cop Will Be Released From Prison

Inmate Who Killed Cop Will Be Released From Prison

MONTICELLO, Miss. — Cory Maye, a prisoner who was sentenced to death then life in prison for killing a police officer that he believed was a home invader, will be released from prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

The Huffington Post reports:

Shortly after midnight on December 26, 2001, Maye, then 21, was drifting off to sleep in his Prentiss duplex as the television blared in the background. Hours earlier, he had put

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Tom Joyner

Jun 29, 2011 at 3:53 pm

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InfoGraphic: “Not Guilty” Program Seeks To Free Innocent Minorities From Prison

InfoGraphic: “Not Guilty” Program Seeks To Free Innocent Minorities From Prison

A program entitled “Not Guilty: The Tragedy of Wrongful Convictions in the U.S., and the DNA Evidence that Frees Them,” seeks to exonerate thousands of minority inmates who falsely end up on the wrong side of prison bars, due to deep flaws found in the legal system.

Created by ForensicScience.org, “Not Guilty” provides tangible data to bring a national awareness to this pressing issue and, with the advancement of science and DNA,

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Tom Joyner

Jun 28, 2011 at 2:57 pm

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Young Black, Hispanic Men Likely To Be Jobless, Imprisoned Or Dead

Young Black, Hispanic Men Likely To Be Jobless, Imprisoned Or Dead

NORTH CAROLINA — According a new study by the College Board’s Advocacy & Policy Center, young Black and Hispanic men are heading down a socially downward spiral.

The study found that 51 percent of Hispanic males and 45 percent of African American males ages 15-24 will end up unemployed, incarcerated or dead.

ABC News Channel 3 in North Carolina Reports:

The College Board report on educational experience observed, “…Men, especially minority men, lag

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Fantasee Blu

Mar 1, 2011 at 11:21 am

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Da Brat Finishes Her Prison Sentence!

Da Brat Finishes Her Prison Sentence!

Welcome home Da Brat! See her message to the fans inside!

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Tom Joyner

Feb 24, 2011 at 12:27 pm

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Wis. Man Gets Life Sentence In Slayings Of 7 Women

Wis. Man Gets Life Sentence In Slayings Of 7 Women

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man convicted of killing seven women over a 21-year period was sentenced to life in prison Thursday with no chance of parole.

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Tom Joyner

Feb 16, 2011 at 6:18 pm

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Prison Official Says O.J. Simpson Beatdown Report Is “Bogus”

Prison Official Says O.J. Simpson Beatdown Report Is “Bogus”

NEVADA-Steve Suwe, the public information officer for the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada has called the story of O.J. Simpson getting beat up in prison, “Totally Bogus.” Stuwe told USA today:

We laughed over that one pretty good

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Tom Joyner

Jan 4, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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Inmates Smuggled Phones Blocked With New Interceptor System

Inmates Smuggled Phones Blocked With New Interceptor System

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi corrections officials said a new inmate phone block system has worked so well at the Parchman penitentiary that it will be expanded it to other state prisons.

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