death penalty Missouri kills potentially innocent man over prosecutors' objection Ellsworth Toohey

fbi Native American activist, dubiously convicted in murder of FBI agents, gets first parole hearing in 15 years Natalie Dressed

News California cops ignore science on lineups, keep sending innocents to jail Yoy Luadha

politics Biden commutes most federal death sentences to life imprisonment Rob Beschizza

Science Forensic scientist fabricated evidence that sent men to jail, says judge Rob Beschizza

guns Maryland Supreme Court makes it illegal to say which gun shot a bullet in ballistic testimonies Thom Dunn

History The last Salem "witch" has been cleared Devin Nealy

police Illinois just became the first state to make it illegal for cops to lie to kids Thom Dunn

dupe Death by firing squad could soon be possible in South Carolina Kevin Reome

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow

Business Two of the Chicago airport cops who beat up Dr David Dao got fired for lying about it (but not for the beating) Cory Doctorow

aviation Oversold, understated and authoritarian: debullshitifying the reporting on United's "removal" of Dr David Dao Cory Doctorow

corruption Flawed police drug-test kits, railroading prosecutors and racism: the police-stop-to-prison pipeline Cory Doctorow

corruption Corrupt Alabama police planted drugs and guns on young black men and the DA covered it up: report Mark Frauenfelder

law China routinely tortures human rights lawyers Cory Doctorow

Science Algorithmic guilt: defendants must be able to inspect source code in forensic devices Cory Doctorow