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Alton Toussaint Lemon (19 October 1928 – 4 May 2013) was a social worker and civil rights activist best known as named lead plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on the separation of church and state. [1] His was a recipient of the "First Amendment Hero" award and was the first African American head of the Philadelphia Ethical ...
On 8 December 1995, Alton Manning, a 33-year-old black man, was killed whilst being processed at HMP Blakenhurst in Worcestershire, England. [1] An inquest in March 1998 found that the killing was unlawful. [2] The Crown Prosecution Service refused to bring charges against any officers; consequently, no officers have been charged in the killing ...
In April 2004, a new jury convened voted unanimously for the death penalty. On September 1, 2004, a California judge sentenced Erskine to death and he was sent to San Quentin State Prison. [1] Erskine died of COVID-19 complications on July 3, 2020, while incarcerated. [citation needed]
Sterling's death was among a series of racially charged police killings that inflamed a national debate over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement.
Flowers and messages were left at the place of his death. The police cleared a crowd of about 200 people as organizers announced they would regroup in front of City Hall. [30] On July 6, Black Lives Matter held a candlelight vigil in Baton Rouge, with chants of "We love Baton Rouge", and calling for justice. [31]
The jury also recommended on October 12, 2017, that Nolen be sentenced to death for murder. [33] [5] On December 15, 2017, Cleveland County District Judge Lori Walkley followed the jury's recommendation, and sentenced Nolen to death by lethal injection. [7] In March 2021, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the ruling. [34]
Alton Coleman was born on November 6, 1955, in Waukegan, Illinois.His mother worked three jobs, and he lived with his 73-year-old grandmother. Coleman was well known to Illinois law enforcement, having been charged with sex crimes six times between 1973 and 1983.
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