Broadnax was executed on April 30 after courts rejected filings related to lyrics, the racial makeup of his jury, and a new ...

Prosecutors love to cite rap as criminal evidence, but artists and advocates are waging an increasingly successful effort to ...

Maryland just passed a law that stops prosecutors from using rap lyrics against artists in court, protecting creative expression with a four-pronged test judges must follow.

Maryland will soon be the first state on the East Coast to limit how rap and song lyrics or creative expression can be used ...

When he was 19, James Broadnax jotted down rap lyrics, thoughts and even job leads in a notebook that would become evidence ...

Both men were arrested for the shooting deaths of music producers Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler in June of 2008, but only ...

Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost ...

Maryland lawmakers have signed off on a sweeping new rule that tells prosecutors to keep their hands off most rap lyrics and ...

The looming execution of James Broadnax in Texas has intensified national debate over the use of rap lyrics as courtroom evidence, with critics citing racial bias and free speech concerns. Broadnax’s ...