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Demico Boothe is an African-American bestselling author of several books on the plight of African-American men in the American prison system. Boothe's book Why Are So Many Black Men in Jail? addresses the issue of racism in the Crack versus Cocaine Laws and was published in 2007, three years before Michelle Alexander's better-known book that also addresses the subject, The New Jim Crow (2010).
In 2006, an estimated 4.8% of Black men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of White men. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. [66] Structural barriers are often listed as the reason for the current trends in the African American family structure, specifically the decline in marriage rates.
The Angola Three are three African American former prison inmates ( Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace) who were held for decades in solitary confinement while imprisoned at Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola Prison). The latter two were indicted in April 1972 for the killing of a prison corrections officer ...
Updated January 9, 2024 at 9:12 PM. A Black North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping a prominent white woman has been awarded a historic $25 ...
Hall, a Black officer who claimed he shot Rogers after losing his balance, was convicted of manslaughter in 1992 and sentenced to five to ten and a half years in prison. [52] September 2, 1991 Steve Clemons: 27 Los Angeles, California: Clemons was shot in the back while fleeing by LASD Deputy Michael Staley in Los Angeles's Willowbrook Park. [53]
Gypsy-Rose Alcida Blanchard-Anderson (née Blanchard; born July 27, 1991) is an American Munchhausen-by-proxy survivor. She rose to worldwide prominence when she was convicted of second-degree murder in Springfield, Missouri, for the death of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, who had subjected Gypsy-Rose to lifelong physical, mental, and medical abuse.
The book-length "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons" was released on April 19, 2001. [6] The report documented that prison rape was commonplace during a time when half of U.S. states compiled no statistics on the subject. [2] Brent Staples described the report, which was based partly on the testimony of over 200 inmate victims, as "grisly".
Box office. $307.1 million [ 1] The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman. Smith's son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Christopher Jr. The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling ...