An Oklahoma man has been exonerated of a murder he did not commit after serving almost 50 years in prison. He made history, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, by having the longest-served wrongful sentence in the United States. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, Judge Amy Palumbo of Oklahoma County District Court declared Glynn Simmons...
An elderly French couple who unwittingly sold a rare African mask worth $4.6 million for a mere $165 has lost a court battle to annul the auction sale of the mask. The couple sold the mask to a dealer they’d hired to help them clean out their attic. According to the BBC, the second-hand art...
A month after a 17-year-old died under the guardianship of a Memphis group home, her family and their lawyers are demanding the organization and law enforcement release video footage of the incident the family claims precipitated her death. Alegend Jones’ mother, Shona Garner-White, told reporters this week that a surveillance video of her daughter’s final...
A jury in Colorado decided that two first responders, Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec from Aurora Fire Rescue, are responsible for the death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man, who died in 2019 due to a fatal overdose of a sedative during his arrest. Paramedics Jeremy Cooper (left) and Peter Cichuniec (right) are on...
A South Carolina man is facing charges after being accused of biting a 2-year-old, resulting in injuries. The man, identified as 23-year-old Jesse Phillip Brassell, was charged with cruelty to children, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division(SLED) announced on Tuesday. He was sent to the Colleton County Detention Center. Brassell told investigators that he bit...