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Americaâs Foster Care System Is a Dangerous Place for Trans Teens. Now Theyâre Fighting for Change
Benjerman Xander entered foster care in Oregon as a 10-year-old in 2013. Ben had always felt wrong in his body, he tells TIME, but around the time he entered care, he began going through puberty, and the feelings got much more intense. âIt just felt really offâlike my body was doing something it shouldnât have,ââŚ
What Being Incarcerated Taught One Public Defender About the Criminal Justice System
While a senior at Tennessee State University (TSU) in 2002, Keeda Haynes agreed to receive multiple packages for her then-boyfriend. He told her that the deliveries were for a cell phone and pager business. As it turned out, the packages actually contained marijuana. Unbeknownst to Haynes, her boyfriend was being watched by the police. ByâŚ
What To Know About the Contacts Book That Could Be Crucial to Ghislaine Maxwellâs Trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began on Monday, more than two years after the death of her alleged associate Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she had been charged with conspiring to sexually abuse minors. The trial is likely to be a media spectacle. The crimes of Jeffrey Epsteinâand his death by suicide in August 2019âhave spawnedâŚ
How the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Verdict Could Devastate the Work of Black Lives Matter Activists
On the surface, the juryâs Nov. 19 verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was all too simple. His defense team successfully pled the case that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed two people during a night of protests and unrest in Kenosha last August. But Rittenhouseâs reasons for being inâŚ
The âVindicatingâ Exoneration of 2 Men Convicted of Malcolm Xâs Murder
On Nov. 18, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islamâconvicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm Xâwere exonerated after serving more than 20 years in prison. When I saw the news I thought, wow, this is significant. To get to this point of reexamination; to exonerate these two menâone posthumously because he is no longer with usâŚ
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty of All Charges
Jurors accepted the defense argument that Rittenhouse fired in self-defense when he shot dead two men and wounded a third during a protest in Kenosha
In the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, Self-Defense Takes Center Stage
Prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the violence that led to two deaths; the defense says he was only trying to defend himself
The Unusual Way the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Jury Was Selected
(KENOSHA, Wis.) â Kyle Rittenhouse played a direct role Tuesday in deciding, albeit randomly, who will be the final 12 jurors that will decide his innocence or guilt in the murder trial over his killing two protesters and injuring a third last summer. At the direction of Circuit Judge Bruce Schroder, Rittenhouseâs attorney placed slipsâŚ
Defense Attorney: âWe Donât Want Any More Black Pastorsâ in Court for Trial Over Death of Ahmaud Arbery
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) â An attorney for one of the white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told the judge Thursday he doesnât want âany more Black pastorsâ in the courtroom after the Rev. Al Sharpton sat with the slain manâs family. Kevin Gough represents William âRoddieâ Bryan, who along with father andâŚ
Judge Dismisses Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Juror After âRacialâ Joke About Jacob Blake Shooting
The prosecutor on the case said the remarks as shared showed racial bias
The Trial Over Ahmaud Arberyâs Killing Is Set to Begin. Hereâs What to Expect
The February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery served as a flashpoint for the reckoning on racial injustice in America that dominated much of the public consciousness last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was jogging in a suburban Georgia neighborhood when three menâfather and son Gregory and Travis McMichael, and William Bryanâpursued, shot and killedâŚ
Why the Gun Rights Case Before the Supreme Court Matters So Much
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the biggest gun rights case in more than a decade, which could give new strength to the Second Amendment