St. Louis County Prosecutor Seeks to Vacate Death Penalty Conviction of Marcellus Williams
Citing crime scene DNA that belonged to someone else, Wesley Bell asked a Missouri court to consider evidence of Williams’s innocence.
Justice
Major Florida GOP Donors Stand to Make Windfall Profits If Recreational Cannabis Is Legalized
Ron DeSantis still opposes recreational cannabis, but his handpicked Supreme Court justices are coming around.
Voices
Dear Biden Apologists: Reproductive Justice Means Fighting for Gaza’s Women and Children
Democrats are attacking Joe Biden’s critics by presenting a false choice between supporting abortion rights and opposing genocide.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Will the Supreme Court Force Oklahoma to Kill Richard Glossip?
Almost 10 years after the court greenlit Glossip’s execution, the justices have agreed to hear evidence of his innocence.
FBI Overstepped Authority in Warrantless Search of Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes, Court Rules
The 9th Circuit compared the searches to the “abuses of power” that “led to adoption of the Fourth Amendment in the first place.”
Alabama Plans to Carry Out the First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas. A Lot Could Go Wrong.
Lawyers for Kenneth Smith have warned that the method could cause him to suffer a stroke, choke to death on vomit, or be left in a vegetative state.
Israel’s War on Gaza
In Video From Gaza, Former CEO of Pegasus Spyware Firm Announces Millions for New Venture
Dream Security has a raft of NSO Group vets at the helm — and deep ties to the Israeli and international right.
Families of People Killed by NYPD Brace for Eric Adams to Veto Criminal Justice Reform Bills
Mayor Eric Adams publicly opposed City Council bills passed last month to beef up police accountability and ban solitary confinement.
Crime Scene DNA Didn’t Match Marcellus Williams. Missouri May Fast-Track His Execution Anyway.
Gov. Mike Parson dissolved a panel that was reinvestigating Williams’s case before it could report its findings.
Federal Judges Have Shown Leniency in Nearly All Jan. 6 Cases
Most Capitol riot defendants got lighter sentences than the government sought, invalidating a key right-wing talking point.