Will a state supreme court challenge end California’s ‘racist’ record-setting death row for good? Will a state supreme court challenge end California’s ‘racist’ record-setting death row for good? - California has more people on death row than any other state in the country — and a governor who ... 04/24/2024 - 10:17 am | View Link
Black death row inmates suffer more botched lethal injections than white inmates: Report A report says Black inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection suffered a botched procedure at higher rates than white prisoners. In the analysis released this month, researchers at ... 04/18/2024 - 4:13 am | View Link
Oklahoma executes Michael DeWayne Smith for 2002 fatal shootings Smith also told the parole board he was hallucinating from drug use when he confessed to police. "I didn't commit these crimes. I didn't kill these people. I was high on drugs," he said. 04/4/2024 - 1:27 pm | View Link
Michael Smith's Final 3 Words Before Oklahoma Execution After spending over 20 years on death row ... in a drug-induced haze when he confessed to the police and that key parts of his confession aren't supported by facts. However, the Oklahoma Court ... 04/4/2024 - 10:09 am | View Link
Oklahoma executes Michael Dewayne Smith, convicted of killing 2 people in 2002 "As an agency, we carried out the court ... death row inmate who witnesses said suffered excessively in the death chamber. It was later discovered that Oklahoma had used an incorrect and ... 04/4/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
President Biden talked about the lows and highs of his life in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions. Via the NYTimes:
In a surprise interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that lasted for more than an hour, Mr. Stern, a skilled interviewer versed in the art of oversharing, repeatedly asked Mr.
Trump lickspittle Sen. Lindsey Graham blew off any concerns that The National Enquirer's David Pecker paid for catch-and-kill stories in order to help Trump's presidential campaign. I still want to know what Trump has got on Graham since he did his 180 back when Trump was running the first time.
Here's Graham's lame response when CNN's Dana Bash asked him about Pecker's testimony this week:
GRAHAM: Apparently, a lot of people do this, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to pull over for speeding and went home and called the police chief to quash the incident instead. That's a no-no.
Unfortunately for her (or fortunately for the rule of law), the entire incident was recorded on the officer's bodycam and now DA Doorley has to explain why she has such reckless disregard for the law, police officers, and common sense.
And although a Republican now (of course), Doorley has been a Democrat in the past.
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U. S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.
He is also pushing back against the fact that, through administrative actions and executive orders, Biden has made himself one of the most powerful presidents ever.