Kelan Lyons, NC Newsline In 1968, days after the Ku Klux Klan marched through Black neighborhoods in Benson following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., five young Black adolescents tried to burn down the Klan’s meeting hall in the Johnston County town. The fire did not travel past the …
Read More »Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Commutes 17 Death Sentences, Ending Death Row
Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle For more than 10 years, Oregon governors have enforced a moratorium on executions. In one of her last acts as governor, Kate Brown went a step further, announcing Tuesday that she will commute the sentences of the 17 people on Oregon’s death row. The list …
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