Prisons
70 years after his execution, he was found not guilty
Tommy Lee Walker was only 19 when he was executed in the electric chair for a murder and rape he didn’t commit. He was posthumously exonerated 70 years later by the Dallas County Commissioners Court on Wednesday. Exoneration refers to the reversal of a wrongful conviction, often due to new evidence or the discovery of flaws in the original conviction process. Walker died when he was strapped to the electric chair after police charged him with murdering and raping.…
Read MoreHe escaped from jail and posted a video declaring his innocence and asking Trump for help
One of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail has given a new meaning to going on the lam by posting a video on social media claiming that he is innocent and asking President Trump for help. Antonie T. Massey, 32, stared into the video camera, claiming that he didn’t escape but was…
Read MoreMore women are in jail, and they are outpacing men
The number of women in jail has outpaced the men, according to preliminary findings of the U.S. Department of Justice. In midyear 2022, about 14 percent of the jail population was female. The female population, which was 9 percent, outpaced the male population in growth by 3 percent from midyear 2021 to midyear 2022.I In…
Read MoreBlack men comprised 32 percent of the nation’s federal prison population
The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 on December 31, 2022, a 2% increase from 2021, 1,205,100 led by Black men, according to preliminary U.S. Department of Justice statistics. Black men accounted for 32 percent of the federal prison population, followed by Whites at 31 percent, Hispanics at 23 percent, and multiracial persons at 10 percent;…
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