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An Associated Press review of dozens of legal filings shows that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department is fighting just as vigorously as Donald Trump’s did to uphold death row inmates’ sentences.

People showed up. >> there was the notion if you were black and you got caught up in the criminal justice system, your chances of going to jail or prison was far greater. >> the history of our state is pretty well known, and its always been a struggle. i think race probably touches just about every issue that emerges here in some fashion, to some degree. my attitude is that jim crow never died. it just dresses better and has better table manners. >> sabrina didnt get a fair trial. she didnt get ...

Obama has said time and again this is a nation of second chances. but i think when you get to those death row cases, clearly theyre a little more complicated because oftentimes theyre dealing with violent crimes where this massive push weve seen in the latter part of president obamas presidency has focused primarily on those street crimes. when you talk about reversing the disparity between the crack cocaine sentencing laws and the powder cocaine. were talking about that ilk. first-time offender...

That. >> this is it. >> jon ramsey discovers the body. who who are they protecting? >> we are told the son burke was cleared by dna in the years after. dna was found around the underwear of jonbenet. >> dna cant testify and it lastses thousands, hundreds of years. weeks and days. you dont really know how the dna the gets to the victim or in the crime scene unless the it is completely, i guess, handled 100% properly. we see it in death row cases. dna needs supportive evidence. the supportive evid...

>> jon ramsey discovers the body. who who are they protecting? >> we are told the son burke was cleared by dna in the years after. dna was found around the underwear of jonbenet. >> dna cant testify and it lastses thousands, hundreds of years. weeks and days. you dont really know how the dna the gets to the victim or in the crime scene unless the it is completely, i guess, handled 100% properly. we see it in death row cases. dna needs supportive evidence. the supportive evidence of the dna goes ...

Having nightmares over "fox & friends." >> peter: sounds like punitive damages are in order. >> gretchen: oh, oh. has the family called you? >> peter: cant represent them. >> gretchen: brian, call us if you saw that. need to defend yourself. now other stories, a woman vanishes after receiving a mysterious call about her stolen dog. police searching for any clues that will lead them to her. she was last seen sunday by her teen daughter. since then her car and two cell phones turned up. >> they th...

probably not because by now he would be 40 years old. why this case is back in the headlines. plus a high school athlete so beloved that both teams cheer for him and after you meet him, we promise you will, too. >> a century old rule might bench him for good. >> hello, everyone. im don lemon. thank you for joining a. 56 days ago, george zimmerman crossed paths with trayvon martin. 11 days ago, he was arrested for shooting the unarmed teen. now just a week and half in jail, he could b...

>> youre in the cnn newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with this tonight. president obama has wanted tax increases to help the economy all along, but republicans resisted. now mr. obama is going back tat to help pay for his new jobs plan. and come monday morning, you are going to be hearing all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett rule, named after one of the richest men in the world, warren buffett. its a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller pe...

we begin with this, president obama has wanted tax increases all along, but the republicans resisted, but now mr. obama is helping to pay for his new jobs plan and come monday morning your going to hear all about it when he announces details of the so-called buffett role, named after warren buffett. a tax on millionaires to make sure they dont pay a smaller percentage than the nations middle class and as candy crawly reports theres already an uproar in washington. >> reporter: the pres...

aircraft, that p-51. this is what ntsb officials had to say just a little while ago. take a look. >> for new information, first of all, there had been reports about a mayday from the pilot. thus far, our investigators have found no information of a mayday call from the pilot. next, the investigators have found that the accident aircraft was equipped with a video camera, facing outward. they have also found camera fragments at the wreckage site. and among the wreckage site, they have fo...