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The History Behind the NAACP

The NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has become a forefront civil rights group in the past century. To understand where they are today, we must understand why they formed in the first place-The Race Riot of 1908, and what their efforts have helped achieve over the past century.

Washington man's conviction reversed in 1987 murders of Vancouver Island couple

William Earl Talbott II was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in July 2019 for the 1987 murders of Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, and her 20-year-old boyfriend, Jay Cook.Talbott's conviction hinged on DNA evidence and investigative techniques that match DNA profiles from public genealogy databases. But a Washington state appellate court ruled Monday that one of the trial jurors demonstrated bias during the jury selection process with regards to her own experiences with violence and abuse.