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Following a Verite News and ProPublica investigation, a district judge vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose 1998 murder conviction was based on allegedly fabricated bite mark analysis. It remains unclear if Duncan will walk free.

propublica.org/article/jimmie-

ProPublicaLouisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science
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Sec of State #MarcoRubio announced major reorganizatin of the #StateDepartment which includes a 15% reduction in total staff and the number of bureaus reduced from 734 to 602.… Tyler McBrien, Editor of #Lawfare: “The new State Department reorg pretty much cuts all departments related to global #women’s issues, global #criminaljustice, #conflict stabilization operations, #trafficking in persons, and international #ReligiousFreedom offices/bureaus.” #diplomacy #government #trump #russia #china

"We do not, and for the most part cannot, know precisely who is under the executioner’s hood. State secrecy statutes put the equivalent of a Harry Potter cloak of invisibility over these state-sanctioned killers. But litigation files and investigative journalism have revealed a number of executioners’ identities, allowing us to peek behind the veil of secrecy for a glimpse of who these people are."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk driversBy Guardian staff reporter

#ICYMI: “People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not. That was very upsetting for a lot of people.”
texasobserver.org/ice-raids-ab

The Texas Observer · ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande ValleyHomeland Security Investigations arrests at Abby's Bakery shake up a small town in politically shifting Cameron County.