Prosecutors Used Rap Lyrics to Help Send a Man to Death Row in Texas. It's Not an Uncommon Tactic

Rap lyrics were used to help send a man to death row. It’s not the first time

Judges often exclude other forms of creative expression from being used as evidence – but rap lyrics continue to be used

His Rap Lyrics Put Him on Death Row. Could a New Confession Save Him?

When Demarius Cummings heard that his cousin, James Broadnax, was scheduled to be executed on April 30, 2026, he told lawyers his conscience couldn’t take it anymore. Both men were arrested for the shooting deaths of music producers Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler in June of 2008, but only Broadnax was sentenced to death — in part, due to rap lyrics he wrote. Since Broadnax confessed to being the shooter, Cummings just got life in prison. “It’…

Prosecutors used rap lyrics to help send a man to death row in Texas. It's not an uncommon tactic

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Trans prisoner at HMP Greenock charged after alleged sex assault on female inmate

Alexandria Stewart, previously known as Alan Baker, is alleged to have carried out the assault at the hairdressing salon inside HMP Greenock.

Devon sex offender used Snapchat to target vulnerable girls

He encouraged his victims to share sexual content and self-harm

Prosecutors seek 30-year prison term for South Korea’s Yoon for drone flights over Pyongyang

South Korean prosecutors Friday requested a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with North Korea in 2024 by ordering drone flights over Pyongyang as he sought to create justifiable conditions for martial law at home.