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This week the courts finally blocked Alabama from executing someone with nitrogen, a grisly new method that experts say likely causes immense suffering
My colleague @laurengill.bsky.social witnessed one of the first nitrogen executions, describing here how the man gasped and thrashed for minutes
On Tuesday, we’re watching state and local elections in Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Washington D.C.
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Montana’s supreme court frequently strikes down GOP laws, including restrictions on trans rights and ballot access. But conservatives have an opportunity to secure control this year.
A federal appeals court ruling will allow Indiana to continue barring journalists from witnessing most executions, The Indiana Capital Chronicle reports:
New York City’s civilian police oversight board noted in its 2025 annual report that a lack of resources had led to case triage. Mayor Mamdani’s new budget includes $2.3 million in new spending for the board, allowing it to hire more positions.
Most people can’t negotiate data tracking policies with companies like Amazon, but can still make choices “about what technologies we want in our homes and what technologies we want our governments to buy for our cities,” says a legal scholar.
Frisco, a Texas city of roughly 200,000, is voting for mayor tomorrow. Both candidates lean to the right right but one of them is campaigning on starkly anti-immigrant and Islamophobic rhetoric.
Alabama said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
Illinois has lagged far behind other states in the level of compensation it grants to wrongfully convicted people. But state lawmakers have passed a bill that would greatly increase it.
Our story with Injustice Watch has more:
A divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld Indiana's policy limiting who may witness state executions.
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Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.
New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, ostensibly a police watchdog, cedes much power to police leadership. Experts say the mayor has the power to boost its independence.
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June is full of clashes between flavors of the Democratic Party as the two largest blue states hold primaries, from the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in California to a... Read More
Days after an appeals court ruled that some people should automatically get certificates of innocence, Illinois legislators passed a bill to raise compensation for wrongful convictions.
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June is full of clashes between flavors of the Democratic Party as the two largest blue states hold primaries, from the race to replace Nancy Pelosi in California to a... Read More
A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
