U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough rejected the students' request to be readmitted to the school after they participated in a Change.org petition titled “Start slavery again.”

Critics say Missouri Senate Bill 666 (yes, really) -- dubbed the "Make Murder Legal Act" -- would shield killers from prosecution and protect the "lynching of Black men."

His release comes over 42 years after he was convicted of a triple homicide. It is the longest wrongful conviction in Missouri History and one of the longest in the country.

As a part of its advocacy on behalf of Johnson, Missourians for Alternatives To The Death Penalty also noted that despite the Supreme Court precedent, there are many people who would qualify for reprieve based on intellectual disability but are still executed. 

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A Missouri homecoming sign bearing racist, anti-Black language and shown off by two white teens is being blamed in part on an "African American boy" by the mother of a Olathe South High School student who appeared in the viral photo.

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Fifth grade teacher gives students "set your price" slave trade assignment.

Mayor James Knowles III hopes this change helps the community heal after the 2014 tragic killing of Michael Brown.

Tyrone Harris, the 18-year-old that was shot by Ferguson police after allegedly firing at officers at the one-year anniversary of the protests in the city,…