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The prosecutor says Marcellus Williams is innocent but the MO attorney general wants to keep him on death row. Catherine Negroni Brianna Seid on state officials undermining local prosecutors’ discretion, with tragic results for people wrongly convicted⤵️ https://bit.ly/3y5BQOP
Embattled election officials face new threats from Project 2025, with potentially dire consequences for our elections. https://bit.ly/4ctCxPV
Supreme Court term limits are based on the idea that nobody should hold too much public power for too long. George Washington taught us that when he stepped down after two terms. https://bit.ly/4cxVwZI
Here are some of the many ways that Americans’ access to the ballot box would be in better shape today if Congress had passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: https://bit.ly/3AoOnNT
Six years after this major criminal justice reform law, find out who has benefited from it and where it still falls short: https://bit.ly/4dFd6wf
Eliminating cash bail does not affect crime rates, so why not pursue a more humane approach to pretrial release? https://bit.ly/4dnefsf
Happening now: The Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman discusses the path for Supreme Court reform with Melissa Murray, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Elie Mystal, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, and Adrianne Shropshire.
The Supreme Court struck down raced-based affirmative action in college admissions — and emboldened challenges to race-inclusive programs across sectors. https://bit.ly/3SYHucI
