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Michigan Republicans refuse to approve abortion initiative just because they don’t feel like it

3 years 3 months ago
The good people of Michigan recently gathered a huge number of signatures to put an abortion-rights measure on the November ballot. The Bureau of Elections examined the petitions and found that the vast majority of signatures were valid. So, the citizens having spoken, they duly recommended it be put on the ballot. But wait. The ...continue reading "Michigan Republicans refuse to approve abortion initiative just because they don’t feel like it"
Kevin Drum

St. Louis prosecutor asks court to free Lamar Johnson after nearly 30 years in prison

3 years 3 months ago

It’s been three years since Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner asked a St. Louis circuit judge to set aside the 1995 murder conviction of Lamar Johnson.  It was the first exoneration case Gardner’s conviction-integrity unit had brought forth — and a case that prosecutors statewide were watching closely. But Gardner hit a major roadblock when the […]

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Rebecca Rivas