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    Chicago Must Pay $10.2 Million to Innocent Man Imprisoned for 26 Years

    by  • January 25, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles, trayvon

    Alton Logan

    The City of Chicago will pay pay $10.2 million to a wrongfully convicted man who spent 26 years prison for a murder he did not commit. He was convicted despite the fact that some attorneys familiar with the crime knew almost from the very beginning that he was innocent. Cook County, IL, prosecutors convicted...

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    Let’s Change the Culture of Gun Violence

    by  • December 28, 2012 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Opinion, Richmond News, San Francisco, Special Interests Articles, trayvon

    By Alice A. Huffman, Criminal Justice Chair for the National Board of the NAACP and the State Conference President in California/Hawaii; and Wilfred T. Ussery, former National Chairman of CORE and former President of the Board of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) How proud we were to watch the president...

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    Police Report in Blueford Shooting Raises Questions, Says Attorney

    by  • October 26, 2012 • Article Archives, Oakland News Articles, trayvon

    Attorney Walter Riley

    By Ken A. Epstein A local criminal attorney is raising questions after examining the police report in the shooting death of Alan Blueford by Oakland Police Officer Miguel Masso. Meanwhile, Alameda County prosecutors last week released a report saying the police officer acted in self-defense and will face no criminal charges. The partial police...

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    Police Report in Blueford Shooting Raises Questions, Says Attorney

    by  • October 12, 2012 • Oakland News Articles, trayvon

    By Ken A. Epstein A local criminal attorney is raising questions after examining the police report in the shooting death of Alan Blueford by Oakland Police Officer Miguel Masso. Meanwhile, Alameda County prosecutors on Tuesday released a report saying the police officer acted in self-defense and will face no criminal charges. The partial police...

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    Trayvon’s DNA Not on Murder Weapon

    by  • September 21, 2012 • trayvon

    Trayvon Martin

    On Wednesday, prosecutors released another round of evidence in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman. According to Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports, forensic data confirmed that the former neighborhood volunteer’s DNA was found on the grip of the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012. Even though test results...

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    Angela Corey, Prosecutor In Trayvon Martin Case, Known As Tough

    by  • April 1, 2012 • trayvon

    In this March 9, 2010 photo, state attorney Angela Corey listens to a victim's impact statement.

    By MIKE SCHNEIDER SANFORD, Fla. — The special prosecutor leading the investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a neighborhood watch volunteer is known for her tough tactics aimed at locking up criminals for long sentences and making it difficult to negotiate light plea bargains. Furthermore, 57-year-old Angela Corey has...

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    Trayvon Martin Shooting: Voice Experts Claim Teen’s Cries, Not Zimmerman’s, Can Be Heard On 911 Call

    by  • April 1, 2012 • Post News Feature Story, trayvon

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    Before George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin on February 26, a 911 call recorded the voice of someone screaming. Whether that person was Martin or Zimmerman — who police sayclaimed he was attacked by Martin before the fatal incident — has been an open question since the calls were released by the Sanford, Florida police department....

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    Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code

    by  • March 26, 2012 • trayvon

    In this Friday, March 23, 2012 photo, Bill Stephney talks to his son Trevor, 13, as they sit outside their home in Randolph Township, N.J.

    By JESSE WASHINGTON The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I needed to explain to my child that...

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    Miami Heat Protest Trayvon Martin Case, Beat Detroit Pistons 88-73

    by  • March 25, 2012 • Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, trayvon, Vallejo News

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    By NOAH TRISTER AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — LeBron James had 17 points and 10 assists to lead the Miami Heat to their fourth straight victory, 88-73 over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Dwyane Wade added 24 points for the Heat, who posed for a photo earlier in the day wearing team-logo hoodies. Players...

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    After Trayvon Martin, hoodie goes from fashion statement to socio-political one

    by  • March 25, 2012 • Berkeley, Marin County News, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, trayvon, Vallejo News

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    BY AUDRA D.S. BURCH The Trayvon Martin case forces a reckoning of what it means to be young and black and male — and to wear a certain garment. From the wreckage of the Trayvon Martin killing, the hoodie has emerged as an unlikely symbol, a silent way of expressing solidarity and anger over...

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