Criminal justice reform activist Alice Marie Johnson fired back Friday morning at a controversial tweet by Politico that claimed she was being “propped up” by President Trump’s reelection campaign. Ms. Johnson, 63, was released from prison in June after serving 21 years of a life sentence for first-time, nonviolent drug convictions. Kim Kardashian West, wife…
Alice Johnson had her life sentence commuted by President Trump and is now touting his effort on criminal justice reforms at the Republican National Convention Thursday. She said she was given a second chance after spending more than 20 years in prison. “Six months after President Trump granted me a second chance, he signed the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…