Raynette Turner's Death
Special Prosecutor Investigates Raynette Turner’s Death & More News You Need To Know
Raynette Turner’s Death Now Being Investigated By NY Special Prosecutor
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Eric Schneiderman, the newly appointed New York attorney general, is formally reviewing the unexplained death of Raynette Turner. Turner died alone and unsupervised in a jail cell while awaiting her arraignment. No one had checked Turner’s cell for over an hour and she was found dead at approximately 2 pm on July 27. Turner was treated at a hospital while in police custody shortly before her death. Schneiderman was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo per requests from a coalition of Black mothers impacted by police violence; Schneiderman’s role is specially mandated to investigate whenever the police are involved with or guilty of the death of an unarmed citizen. Read more at the Huffington Post.
Up Next: Investigations On Hillary Clinton’s Email Use Continues
Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server Being Investigated By The FBI
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The FBI is reviewing the security of presidential hopefully and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The investigation is following the Justice Department’s announcement that it would be looking into classified material in her account to see if it was wrongly shared or stored. Clinton still hasn’t officially been incriminated amid the investigations. Read more at Fox News.
Up Next: Thousands Of Californians Primed To Regain Their Voting Rights
Ex-Offenders Now Have Renewed Voting Rights In California
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California residents that have done time in prison and completed their parole will soon have their voting rights again, thanks to efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union and a host of other organizations mandated to securing the franchise for marginalized groups. The decision came once an Alameda County Superior Judge ruled that a California state secretary’s efforts to realign prisoners from the state to county custody—thereby blocking their voting rights—was unconstitutional. 60,000 Californians had been disenfranchised as a result of the realignment initiative. Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
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