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Crime and Justice News Archive
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- Sep 28
- 1 min
States Lock Up Blacks At Six Times The Rate Of Whites, PPI Says
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Once-Famous Murder Of TX Black Man James Byrd Is Mostly Forgotten
- Jul 13
- 1 min
NJ State Police Disproportionately Stop Minorities Despite Reform
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Combating Racial Inequalities In The Criminal Justice System
- Jun 20
- 2 min
Blacks Overrepresented In Philadelphia Arrests, Charges
- Jun 15
- 2 min
$25M Award To Ex-Starbucks Manager Fired After Blacks' Arrest

- May 26
- 3 min
How Stepping Up Program Tries to Advance Racial Equity, Minimize Disparities
- May 26
- 1 min
DOJ Sets New Anti-Profiling Rules, Covering Thousands More Officials
- May 23
- 2 min
Judge Enables Challenges Over Racial Skew in Gang Prosecutions
- May 19
- 2 min
Mass. High Court Allows Challenges To Police Stops On Racial Grounds
- May 5
- 2 min
Some NYC Politicians Call Response To Subway Chokehold Death Racist
- Apr 24
- 2 min
NAACP Sues Mississippi Over 'Separate And Unequal Policing'
- Apr 20
- 2 min
KC Man Who Shot Black Teen Was 'Scared To Death' Of Break-In
- Apr 20
- 1 min
OK Official Quits After Report He Discussed Murder, Lynching
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Jackson Police and Courts Takeover Falls Along Racial Divide
- Jan 4
- 2 min
CA Police More Likely To Use Force Against Black People, Report Says
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
'Crime-Free' Rental Housing Halted After Cases of Discrimination


- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Panel Suggests Ways To Cut Racial Inequality in Criminal Justice
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Law Enforcers' Facebook Pages ‘Overrepresent’ Black Suspects