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Virginia man is set to be free after being sentenced to 1,823 years
Lawrence Stephens was an 18-year-old homeless restaurant waiter when he and three others committed a home invasion robbery in the Seaford region of York County in 2001. No guns were fired, and no one was hurt, according to his lawyer. The Hampton man and several others were apprehended and brought to trial, but the sentence Stephens received from York County Judge Prentis Smiley Jr. violated sentencing guidelines by hundreds of years. Smiley withdrew from the bench and died in 2008, according to a Daily Press report. He presided over Daryl Atkins’ capital murder trial in 1998.As a result of the outcome, a U.S. In 2002, the Supreme Court issued a judgement prohibiting the execution of people with intellectual disability. Gaylene Kanoyton, the president of the Hampton NAACP, enlisted the help of attorney Rebecca Winn, the legal redress chair, to investigate and file a petition for a conditional pardon this year. The Stephens case is only one of the civil rights organization’s ongoing investigations. Winn stated in his appeal that both the prosecution and the defense had provided insufficient representation. She expressed herself as follows: “I was especially alarmed to read that the prosecutor was not even sure of the full scope of the role that Mr. Stephens played during the acts in question apart from the role played by his co-defendants.” Furthermore, Winn stated that Stephens’ court-appointed attorney was later found guilty of failing to adequately represent his client. “He actually eventually [was] convicted by the […] More
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Viral Tiktok Video Shows a Woman had over 2K on Her Food Stamp Card Sparks Debate
After she went shopping with food stamp money, a woman’s TikTok video has gotten 685,000 views so far. After seeing the video provided by @cam kamera, a controversy erupted among TikTokers, and viewers are split. The video states, “When I realized I had almost $2K on my food stamp card,” as DJ iMarkkeyz’s Jacquees National […] More
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Travis Scott Hopes to Improve Concert Safety
As the cause of death for the ten people killed in the Astroworld Festival disaster was announced on Thursday, festival organizer and star Travis Scott met with mayors throughout the country to discuss concert safety. According to Billboard, the “Highest in the Room” rapper has spent the last three weeks working with the United States […] More
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Denzel Washington’s Touching Tribute to His ‘First True Love,’ Mom
The 66-year-old brushed away tears and admitted that he had not shed a single at his mother’s funeral. Denzel Washington discussed his aim to commemorate his mother’s legacy through his art during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” When talk show host Stephen Colbert, 57, mentioned Washington’s prior statement that “a son […] More
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Hollywood Couple LaTanya Richardson and Husband Samuel Jackson Donate Over $5 Million to Spelman College
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that HBCU alums LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson have given Spelman College the largest donation by alumni in the school’s 140-year history. Richardson Jackson, a Spelman alumnus, and Jackson, a Morehouse alumnus, contributed $5 million to the Spelman John D. Rockefeller Fine Arts Center, where they met as students […] More
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Man Wrongfully Convicted was Awarded $6 Million
DNA evidence proves police conspired for a wrongful conviction in the 1991 killing of a North Carolina mother and daughter by Darryl Howard. Darryl Anthony Howard was awarded $6 million by a federal jury in North Carolina after concluding that ex-detective Darryl Dowdy manipulated evidence that led to his convictions. No amount of money could […] More