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Hundreds of Women Flood Texas Capitol to Protest Bill Restricting Abortion (VIDEO)

Hundreds of Women Flood Texas Capitol to Protest Bill Restricting Abortion (VIDEO)

Over 700 Texans were registered to testify at a hearing on a proposed bill restricting abortion in Texas. MSNBC’s Karen Finney, host of Disrupt, joins Craig Melvin to discuss the latest in the reproduction rights battle. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

A Broken Promise in Texas: Race, the Death Penalty and the Duane Buck Case (VIDEO)

A Broken Promise in Texas: Race, the Death Penalty and the Duane Buck Case (VIDEO)

On June 9, 2013 the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. released a new video highlighting the racial discrimination in the Texas death penalty system and the shocking case of death-sentenced prisoner, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death in Harris County (Houston), Texas, after his trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist […]

Is a Texas Inmate Sentenced to Die Because He’s Black? (VIDEO)

Is a Texas Inmate Sentenced to Die Because He’s Black? (VIDEO)

A Texas man on death row is asking for a new sentencing hearing and has many supporters, but not because he’s innocent. Duane Buck was sentenced in Harris County, Texas (Houston) to die at his 1997 capital sentencing hearing.  During the hearing the trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist, Dr. Walter Quijano, indicating that African Americans, are […]