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Jul 18, 2022 · In the 1980s, Michael “Harry-O” Harris was known as the Godfather on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Working with gangs like the Bloods and Crips, plus the Colombian cartel, Harris was in charge of a nationwide drug trafficking operation that brought in nearly $2 million daily.
Apr 17, 2018 · Once called "the most feared man in hip- hop" by Rolling Stone , the founder of Death Row Records helped propel the careers of West Coast rap stars like Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre. A former professional football player, Suge was known for his imposing stature and gangster persona.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Most important was the Punishment of Crimes Act, the first listing of federal crimes and their punishment. In addition to treason and counterfeiting of federal records, the crimes included murder, disfigurement, and robbery committed in federal jurisdictions or on the high seas.
Rampart ties to Death Row Records. The Rampart Corruption Task Force investigators discovered that hip hop mogul Suge Knight, owner of Death Row Records, had hired several of the corrupt Rampart officers for security at various times including Nino Durden, Kevin Gaines, David Mack, and Rafael Pérez. Knight was hiring off-duty Rampart policemen ...
In 1995, Tupac Shakur began serving a prison sentence of up to years for a sexual abuse conviction. Knight struck a deal with Shakur that October, posting his $1.4 million bail and freeing him from prison pending an appeal of his conviction, while signing him to Death Row Records.
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Apr 21, 2021 · Of the 174 death row exonerations, only 28 were proven by DNA evidence; more commonly, jurors were biased, defence lawyers had failed in their job, prosecutors had hidden exculpatory evidence...
Apr 21, 2024 · History of death row in the U.S. The term death row may have first appeared in print in 1894, in the Denver newspaper Rocky Mountain News, which referred to an inmate occupying a cell on death row at Colorado’s Canon City Penitentiary.
