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Opinion: King Von, MO3 latest victims of gun violence

Sarah Burse and Sarah Burse | November 21, 2020
Chicago rapper King Von was shot and killed in a gun fight on Nov. 6. Five days later, Dallas rapper MO3 was also shot to death while driving on the interstate. King Von and MO3’s deaths shocked the black community and served as yet another example of black men being unjustly killed for no reason.
Illustration by Kathleen Hetherington.

Death penalty agonizes legal murder

Klaria Holmes and Klaria Holmes | November 14, 2019
One of the most unjust and inhumane systems still legal in America today is the death penalty. The whole purpose of executions is that they are a more humane way to punish criminals for their crimes, which is ironic, to say the least.
George Zimmerman sits in Seminole circuit court during his trial in Sanford, Fla. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)

Police Brutality Must Stop: Commentary on the Zimmerman Case

Karyn Lewis and Karyn Lewis | March 1, 2015

George Zimmerman sits in Seminole circuit court during his trial in Sanford, Fla. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin....

Burned Teen Case Still a Mystery

Burned Teen Case Still a Mystery

Jack Hammett and Jack Hammett | February 19, 2015

Two months after the death of Courtland teenager Jessica Chambers, Lisa Daugherty, mother of Chambers, is now urging prospective sources to come forward and share information that could lead to the murderer’s...

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