The Supreme Court Says Stopping Executions at the Last Minute Should Be an “Extreme Exception”
Jabin Botsford/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled against delaying the execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew, who argued that his rare medical condition could make the process excruciatingly painful. In the 5-4 decision, the majority ruled that Bucklew’s constitutional rights wouldn’t…
The Supreme Court Just Halted This Texas Death Row Inmate’s Execution
Pat Sullivan/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Patrick Murphy was granted a rare stay of execution by the US Supreme Court in a 7-2 vote that took place two hours after he was scheduled to be executed. Murphy’s religious discrimination claim argued that because he was a converted Buddhist, he…
Purdue Pharma Just Settled a Major Lawsuit in Oklahoma for $270 Million
Toby Talbot/A Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, will pay $270 million to settle a case brought by the Oklahoma Attorney General for helping to lay the groundwork of America’s opioid epidemic. The settlement, announced Tuesday, comes two months before the scheduled start of a televised…
How a Gay Teen, an Internet Nazi, and a Late-Night Rendezvous Turned to Tragedy
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From his cage in the far back of a courtroom in Newport Beach, California, Sam Woodward looked around. He appeared to stand on his tiptoes for a moment, peering through the bars at the gallery where his parents and a couple of family friends sat.…
Women Who Worked with Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Say He Asked for Sex
Michael Steinhardt at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York City on May 21, 2017.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica in collaboration with the New York Times. Sheila Katz was a young executive at Hillel International, the Jewish…
Florida Gave Former Felons the Right to Vote. Legislators Want Them to Pay First.
Thanks to Amendment 4, Yolanda Wilcox, left, fills out a voter registration form as her friend looks on at the Supervisor of Elections office on January 8 in Orlando John Raoux/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last November, Florida passed a ballot measure to reenfranchise as many as 1.4 million…