By XINMIN MA* On January 24, 2020, Keith Tharpe, a death row inmate who claimed that his conviction was the result of a juror’s racial bias, died due to complications of cancer.[1] In 1991, Tharpe was sentenced to death for malice murder and aggravated…
By AYANA BROWN* Last month, voters in southeast Baton Rouge, Louisiana voted to “incorporate” the city of St. George.[1] If the incorporation attempt is successful, it will mark the fourth secession from the East Baton Rouge Parish School District…
By CHIAMAKA ECHEBIRI[1] The murder of Black people, in the hands of law enforcement, is state sanctioned violence. Further, the carceral state does not restore victims and it has systemically relegated Black people to cages.[2] It is a social,[3] civic…
