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Texas court finds Kerry Max Cook innocent of 1977 murder, ending decades-long quest for exoneration
CBS News· 18 hours agoKerry Max Cook is innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, the Texas Court of Criminal...
Can Conservatives Expand the Death Penalty Using the “Trigger Law” Playbook?
The Intercept· 16 hours agoWade — and they’ve got their sights on the death penalty. Republicans and their allies are eager to expand capital punishment, and U.S. Supreme Court cases that currently ...
Long a Republican state, Louisiana is redder than ever under new governor
San Francisco Chronicle· 11 hours agoThis week he signed the nation’s first law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every...
Louisiana becomes first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for child molesters
Associated Press· 11 hours agoLouisiana has become the first state where judges can order offenders guilty of certain sex crimes...
Letters to the Editor — Glum Texans, abortion, Hunter Biden’s trial, death row
Dallas Morning News· 6 days agoYour editorial noted, “Only 37% of Texans ‘strongly agreed’ that ‘Democracy is the best form of...
This week in history: June 17-23
World Socialist Web Site· 5 days agoTexas. Faulder became the first Canadian executed in the US since 1952. Aspiring presidential candidate and Texas Governor George W. Bush did not intervene ...
‘The State of Texas vs. Melissa’ Director Returns to Tribeca With ‘Missing From Fire Trail Road,’...
Variety· 5 days agoCan you recall any true crime stories that examine the disappearance or murder of Indigenous women?...
Melissa Lucio case remanded to trial court over ‘piecemeal litigation’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 2 days agoJun. 19-The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday remanded Melissa Lucio's habeas claims back to the trial court because the judge did not rule on each of her remaining ...
Honie asks Utah pardons board to commute his death sentence
KSL Salt Lake City· 4 days agoTaberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Aug. 8, is asking the...
DeWine’s memory fails around calls with FirstEnergy’s now-indicted CEO: Capitol Letter
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 4 days agoHazy memory: Gov. Mike DeWine reiterated Monday that he doesn’t remember conversations with...