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Mark Your Calendars: June 26 Is Banner Day for LGBT Rights at SCOTUS

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It’s poetic coincidence that the biggest U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the LGBT civil rights movement bore the date June 26, said high court litigator Paul Smith, who argued the landmark case that laid the foundation for same-sex marriage equality. In Lawrence v. Texas, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested in Lawrence’s Houston home …

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Ben Crump Champions the Wrongfully Convicted in New TV Show

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Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is well-known nationally for representing families of unarmed black people killed by police, like Michael Brown and Stephon Clark, in wrongful death and police brutality cases. In his latest role, he’s the host of “Evidence of Innocence,” a new show on TV One about wrongful convictions with episodes running on …

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Wrongfully Convicted District Judge Alleges Malicious Prosecution in Lawsuit

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A district judge who was wrongfully convicted of nine felonies has sued the prosecutors involved in the case, alleging they prosecuted her maliciously for a political agenda. Because of the convictions, former 380th District Judge Suzanne Wooten of Collin County had to resign her bench and saw her law license suspended, but last May a …

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Golf Course Called Police on Black Lawyer Who Knows Her Way Around Civil Rights Law

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One of the African-American women on a golf course, whose co-owner said they were playing too slowly and called the police, is a Pennsylvania lawyer and president of the local NAACP chapter. Sandra Thompson and her friends were golfing on April 21 at Grandview Golf Club in Dover Township, where they are members, when the …

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