According to breaking news by TMZ: William Balfour has been found GUILTY of murdering three members of Jennifer Hudson’s family. The verdict was handed down moments ago after two days of deliberations. Balfour was convicted of 1st degree murder in the deaths of Jennifer’s mom Darnell Donerson, her brother Jason Hudson, and nephew Julian King. Balfour was also convicted of home [...]

*Rapper G.Dep found out today how much time he’ll serve after being convicted of a 1993 murder in New York. The case was reopened when he went to police to say he’d shot someone years earlier. Reports say he got the minimum sentence for his April murder conviction: 15 years to life. G. Dep, 37, went to a police station [...]

*House Democrats said Tuesday they will offer an amendment to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida. Florida’s law, which allows residents to use force in response to an attack without first having to retreat, has come under scrutiny after the nationally-polarizing death of teenager Trayvon Martin. George Zimmermann, a neighborhood watch volunteer, has been charged with [...]

Rapper Mystikal has been ordered back to jail for a probation violation. Mystikal was arrested in February on a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery. He was detained for 9 days and will be allowed to use that time as credit toward his 90 day sentence.  He will be returning to jail May 14, according to TheAP. Tweet Share on Tumblr

*George Zimmerman is now in police custody and faces a second-degree murder charge, an official says. Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., has been charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old’s death. “Just moments ago that we spoke with Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the sweet parents of Trayvon,” [...]

Two lawyers representing George Zimmerman announced at a press conference in Sanford, FLA they are “ we’re withdrawing as counsel” and that Zimmerman “has not returned phone calls or text messages or emails, leading me to believe that I can’t go forward speaking to the public about George Zimmerman in this case as representing him because I’ve lost contact with him.” Other actions that led [...]

*(Via ABC/Yahoo News) – The lead homicide investigator in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin recommended that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter the night of the shooting, multiple sources told ABC News. But Sanford, Fla., Investigator Chris Serino was instructed to not press charges against Zimmerman because the state attorney’s office headed by Norman Wolfinger [...]

Martin was shot after returning home from a local convenience store, where he bought snacks including Skittles candy requested by his 13-year-old brother, Chad. According to the family’s lawyer Ben Crump, the family is calling for the Watch captain’s arrest, saying Martin was “on his way home and a Neighborhood Watch loose cannon shot and killed him.” The man in [...]

*The founder of Czar Entertainment has been officially charged with ordering the murder of 50 Cent associate Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher. Rosemond, who had been the manager of Game, Sean Kingston and Brandy, was suspected of ordering two of his known associates, Rodney Johnson and Brian McLeod, to commit the murder. Prior to being captured, Henchman was on the run, [...]

Rick Ross is wanted for questioning after a man was found shot to death early Wednesday morning outside a Miami Gardens home owned by rapper Rick Ross. Gregory Paul Nesbitt, 39, was shot several times outside the pink 3-bedroom at 3203 NW 181st St, according to NBCMiami. Ross uses the house as a recording studio, reports the Miami Herald, and [...]

*Georgia’s chief justice on Wednesday called on lawmakers to enact sentencing reforms that steer nonviolent offenders away from costly prison sentences, saying, “we now know that being tough on crime is not enough.” In a 25-minute address before a joint session of the Legislature, Chief Justice Carol Hunstein asked lawmakers to adopt proposals by the Special Council on Criminal Justice [...]

*Microsoft is going to have to pull off some serious damage control to avoid the backlash from developing an ”Avoid Ghetto” patent for a new GPS app. According to CBS News, Gates’ company didn’t mean it that way.  They built the GPS ap to keep pedestrians from straying into the wrong area or THE GHETTO as the patent claim states. (more…) [...]

Rapper C-Murder, real name Corey Miller, appealed his Life sentence after he claims he was denied a fair trial. On Wednesday, the appeals court panel upheld the conviction and his life sentence. C-Murder was convicted for killing a teenage fan in 2002 at a nightclub in Louisiana. Tweet Share on Tumblr