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Brandon Robert Watts, a student in his third year at Howard University School of Law, is leading other law students in the D.C. metropolitan area to demand clemency for Marcellus "Khalifah" Williams, a Black man on death row in Missouri for a crime he said he didn't commit. (Courtesy photo)
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D.C.-Area Law Students Organize for Death-Row Inmate Marcellus ‘Khalifah’ Williams

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 24, 2024September 26, 2024

Dozens of law students in the D.C. metropolitan area have organized for the clemency of Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams, a death row inmate who maintained his innocence in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle, by circulating a Change.org petition and sending letters to state-level officials.

**FILE** Ward 7 State Board of Education Representative Eboni-Rose Thompson launched her reelection bid this summer. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Ward 7 State Board Candidates Debate Effective Advocacy Strategy

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 17, 2024September 26, 2024
After nearly four years of fighting for recompense, rallying (as pictured here in May 2023) and contentious mortgage relief negotiations, most, if not all, of the owners of condemned condominiums on Talbert Street in Southeast have received mortgage relief. However, there is still work to be done to ensure beleaguered homeowners can afford to settle elsewhere in the District. (WI File Photo)
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Even with Mortgage Relief, Questions about Housing Affordability Persist for Talbert Street Condo Owners

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
D.C. Council member Trayon White, leaving federal court on Sept. 12, entered a “not guilty” plea on a federal bribery charge as nearly 60 supporters watched. (Sam P.K. Collins/The Washington Informer)
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As Write-In Campaigns Get Underway, D.C. Council’s Trayon White Fights for His Freedom

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
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Religious Leaders Lift Councilmember Trayon White in Prayer

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 8, 2024September 8, 2024
Ryane B. Nickens, founder and president of The TraRon Center, discusses working to curb gun violence by going after gun manufacturers and stores at a press conference on Sept. 3. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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D.C., Maryland Attorneys General File Civil Suit Against D.C.-Area Gun Stores

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 4, 2024September 4, 2024
A vigil was held on the night of Sept. 12 in the Langdon neighborhood of Northeast D.C. to honor the life of fallen D.C. police investigator Wayne David, who died Wednesday after a gun he was trying to recover discharged. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
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Family, Colleagues and Neighbors Remember MPD Investigator Wayne David

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 3, 2024September 4, 2024
On Aug. 29, Calique Barnes, dressed to the nines in a fitted burgundy suit, took the podium and reflected on how his community prepared him for the next level of student leadership. (Cleveland Nelson/The Washington Informer)
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Calique Barnes: Ward 8 Advocate Turned State Board Student Representative

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins August 29, 2024August 29, 2024
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Without Full Representation, Ward 8 Residents Mull Next Steps 

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
**FILE** With a looming council investigation and federal bribery charges, D.C. Council member Trayon White's political future remains unclear. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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Ward 8 Residents Set Out to Protect Council Seat in General Election

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

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