Daily Archives: August 16, 2019
New felony murder rule results in justice 16 years later
“The felony murder rule used to cast a wide net when pursuing convictions, without requiring prosecutors to look more closely at the evidence ... This man has been in prison for 16 years for being a passenger in a car.”
‘A Lifetime of Being Betty (Reid Soskin)’ CD release party Saturday, Aug. 17
“A Lifetime of Being Betty,” to be released Aug. 17 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door. Visit www.thefreight.org/event/1858290-little-village-foundation-berkeley/.
#HugosSoWhite: The literary convention diversity scandals
When there aren’t enough Black folks doing the writing, Black characters are written by white writers with all the inherent biases.