Out for Blood
Amid the Lingering Trauma of Trump’s Executions, a New Project Brings Families to Federal Death Row
Three years after Trump’s unprecedented killing spree, the death row visitation project offers a lifeline for those who survived.
Justice
Israel’s War on Gaza
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Northwestern Students for Pro-Palestine School Paper Parody
The parent company of the Daily Northwestern backed down after days of backlash and promises to boycott from students, faculty, and alumni.
The War on Immigrants
ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement “Only Increasing” Under Biden
A new report reveals that ICE continues to isolate immigrants en masse, including many with known mental health conditions.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Northwestern Students Face Criminal Charges for Pro-Palestine College Newspaper Parody
Publishers of the school newspaper notified police. Now the students, charged under an obscure anti-KKK law, face a year in jail.
Prosecutors Buried Evidence and Misled the Court. Ten Years Later, They Got a Slap on the Wrist.
Supervisory error justified leniency, a court ruled. One supervisor now runs the Justice Department office that investigates prosecutorial misconduct.
Israel’s War on Gaza
German Media Giant Axel Springer Makes Money on Israel’s Illegal Settlements
“From the river to the sea,” says an ad for Springer’s classifieds site in Israel, which lists homes for sale in Jewish-only West Bank settlements.
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.
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.