Tag: Crime: Page 26

African-American

Activists, Educators Converge for Princeton Prison Conference

Panelists, including Ohio State University Associate Professor of Law Michelle Alexander, denounce mandatory minimum sentences, disenfranchisement and the term “felon.”

April 25, 2011

LGBTQ+

Former Rutgers Student Charged with Hate Crime in N.J. Suicide

A grand jury indictment charges Dharun Ravi with bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and other charges stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi in September.

April 20, 2011

African-American

NAACP, Newt Gingrich Urge Prison Reform

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a report on Thursday that said between 1987 and 2007, state prison spending grew at six times the rate of higher education spending.

April 10, 2011

Home

The Tombs from the Air

“The Tombs” is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex, a jail in lower Manhattan at 125 White Street. The nickname has been used for several structures dating from the early to mid-19th century.

November 29, 2010

African-American

Missouri Corrects Record on 1923 College Town Lynching

Eighty-seven years after the Missouri public lynching of a Black janitor accused of rape, civic leaders have come together to confront the ugly episode in Columbia and correct the record on the death of the accused, who insisted the rape allegation was a case of mistaken identity.

November 8, 2010

Students

New Jersey Police Charge Two in Fatal College Shooting

Two men were charged Monday in the weekend shooting at an off-campus house party that left a Seton Hall University student dead and four other people wounded.

September 27, 2010

African-American

Charges from Racially Charged Mass. Campus Fight To Be Dropped Against Black Man

For more than two years, supporters of former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell have urged prosecutors to drop charges against him that stemmed from a racially charged fight and sparked protests, demonstrations and accusations of bias.

June 7, 2010

Students

Authorities Say Better Information on Student Arrests Will Be Difficult to Realize

University of Virginia officials still reeling from the death of a Virginia student-athlete want a better system to tell them when students are arrested off campus, though authorities warn changes could prove costly.

May 23, 2010

HBCUs

Minor Crime Convictions Proving Harmful to Student Ambitions

As minor as a misdemeanor conviction may appear to college students, it can live in government records forever, undermine the job prospects of otherwise stellar candidates, and cause major damage to long-term career aspirations.

April 15, 2010

Home

From Prison to Policymaking

NuLeadership, a City University of New York-based think tank staffed with formerly incarcerated researchers, lobbies for ex-prisoners to have a say in criminal justice policy.

March 9, 2010

Home

Missouri Students Apologize for Cotton Ball Prank

Two University of Missouri students have apologized for scattering cotton balls outside the Black Culture Center in an incident that heightened racial tensions during Black History Month.

March 7, 2010

Students

Trial Under Way for Accused Shooter of Spelman Student

A Spelman College student who was killed by a stray bullet as she walked with friends on a neighboring college campus was trying to break up the fight that led to her death, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

February 17, 2010