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BREAKING: 70 years after his wrongful execution, Tommy Lee Walker is declared innocent. “The court’s declaration today provides some semblance of belated justice to Mr. Walker’s legacy, and to his son, our client Edward Smith,” said Chris Fabricant. bit.ly/3LVoOKA

"I have to do everything by myself because I’m the only woman on death row," Lisa Jo Chamberlin told Mississippi Today. ow.ly/gfUS50XWPvI

"Please come sit down and talk to me before this execution is carried out, before an innocent man is executed." Anthony Todd Boyd begs to meet with Alabama governor Kay Ivey ahead of his nitrogen gas execution tonight. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Only a fraction of Mississippi inmates diagnosed with hepatitis C receive treatment, allowing a treatable infection to develop into a life-threatening illness, interviews and documents obtained by Mississippi Today reveal. buff.ly/wOQMhX7

New Orleans voters back symbolic end to discrimination against formerly incarcerated people nola.com/news/politics/…

Alabama won't allow a victim's son to meet the person who took his mother's life before it suffocates the condemned man to death. But they've saved him a seat at the execution he opposes. Full story: treadbylee.com/p/justice-deni…

National groups, officials call for closer look into 2 men found dead, hanged in Mississippi clarionledger.com/story/news/202…

1/ A repatriated Korean worker from the Hyundai-LG battery factory secretly wrote a detention diary about their 7-day experience in ICE custody in Georgia. The worker says ICE officers mocked them with words like as "North Korea" and "Rocket Man" despite holding a business visa.

Great story via an incarcerated journo and @TheLensNOLA: thelensnola.org/2025/09/12/com…

BREAKING: Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns with support of mayor and governor. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Louisiana's AG is trying to bring back the death penalty for teenagers. veritenews.org/2025/09/04/lou…

A federal appeals court has blocked a judge's order requiring the dismantling of the immigration detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz" cnn.it/4nbUckT

Donald Trump proposes sending National Guard, federal agents to patrol New Orleans nola.com/news/politics/…

Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.

@MayaLMiller @Danny_McArthur_ Physically willing myself not to order the book to see if equally insane There must be a redemption arc ... right? ??? ?

@Danny_McArthur_ bro. it's absolutely bonkers. legitimately, i can't decide if i'm appalled at her actions from the jump (which shocked the hell out of me) or if the fact that this was published?? it's always the cut! they always rage bait me!

the cut continues to deliver the most unhinged essays i've ever read thecut.com/article/elizab…

VIDEO: Oil from the Roseland explosion that happened on Friday has begun to make its way into waterways in Tangipahoa Parish. This footage shows the Tangipahoa River in Robert filling up with oil. Read more about Roseland here: wbrz.com/news/amite-com…

The head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement told NBC News that agents wouldn't be at D.C. schools on the first day Monday, but they might come onto campuses in the future. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…

BREAKING: Florida plans to open a second immigration detention center that officials are calling "Deportation Depot." apnews.com/article/florid…

1. A three-member panel of Louisiana’s parole board granted medical release to Kentrell Parker, a quadriplegic prisoner who is currently suing the state over health care conditions at Angola Prison. @veritenewsnola veritenews.org/2025/08/13/lou…

Gio Martinez was pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit. She is an Alabama social worker who helped local students plan next steps in life. “I try to be a support to the students,” she told @aldotcom earlier this summer. al.com/news/2025/08/a…