Lawyers

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  Missouri Civil Rights Leader Issues Last-Minute Demand to Spare Inmate From Execution: 'Incredible Miscarriage of Justice'

  Over a half-million other people are advocating for the exoneration of Marcellus Williams, whom they believe is innocent.

• North Carolina voting ID law upheld by federal judge; NAACP plans to submit an appeal

  A federal judge upheld the North Carolina voting ID law stating that the new requirements it demanded won't affect the minority voters living in the state. Civil rights groups against the law said that they will appeal the case immediately.

• Iowa High Court to Consider State's Ban on Voting by Felons

  The Iowa Supreme Court will deliberate the state's prohibition of former felons to participate in elections.

• North Carolina awaits voter ID mandate for weeks

  The fate of North Carolina's voter ID law may not be known for weeks after six-day trial. The law could affect the presidential election, with challengers say it discriminate against black and Latino voters.

• Trial to begin for lawsuit over ID requirement provision in North Carolina Voter ID Law

  The legality of acquiring a valid photo identification requirement in the 2013 North Carolina law will go on a trial before the federal court on Monday, as well as the provision made last year called "reasonable impediment". In their lawsuit, the NAACP, US Justice Department and others claimed that the law disaproportionately burdens the voters of color in North California.

• NAACP votes to end boycott of South Carolina over Confederate flag

  The national board of directors of the prominent civil rights group, the NAACP, voted on Saturday to end its 15-year boycott of South Carolina prompted by the display of the Confederate battle flag on state capitol grounds.

• Comcast, Time Warner Cable hit with $20 billion racial bias lawsuit

  Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc have been sued for $20 billion for allegedly discriminating against African American-owned media and employing advocates such as the NAACP and the Rev. Al Sharpton to advance their bias.

• Ferguson police officer who killed black teen resigns from force

  The white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in a St. Louis suburb has resigned, his lawyer said on Saturday, as activists set out on a 120-mile march to protest the killing and a grand jury's decision not to indict him.

• St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests

  Hundreds of civil rights activists and protesters applauded speakers, preachers and poets on Sunday in a an arena in St. Louis, Missouri, capping a weekend of protests against police violence that included 17 arrests earlier in the day.

• Texas voter ID trial opens in U.S. court

  A U.S. court in Texas heard arguments on Tuesday in a case over a law requiring voters to present photo identification, a move the state's Republican leaders say will prevent fraud while plaintiffs call it an attempt at suppressing minority turnout.