Jessica Schulberg

politics / 6 days ago
Every Halloween, Cops Brag About Arresting Sex Offenders. Here’s What The Arrests Were Actually For.
Every year on Halloween, law enforcement agencies throughout the country conduct thousands of random...
politics / 1 month ago
Prominent Legal Advocate To Be Freed After 37 Years In Prison
Prominent prison legal advocate Mark Wilson was freed after 37 years in prison.Illustration: Damon D...
politics / 1 month ago
Oklahoma Prosecutors May Pressure Domestic Violence Survivors To Waive Their Rights
Earlier this year, Oklahoma state lawmakers passed a historic law requiring reduced sentences for su...
politics / 1 month ago
A Parole Board Said He Shouldn’t Be Executed — But Will The Governor Listen?
In June of 1992, 31-year-old Kenneth Meers was killed by a single bullet during a robbery at the con...
politics / 2 months ago
Democrats Scrub Death Penalty Opposition From Campaign Platform
In 2016, the Democratic Party became the country’s first major political party to formally call for ...
politics / 4 months ago
Washington Moves Trans Woman Back To Men’s Prison In Unprecedented Act
Hokyoung Kim for HuffPostWashington state’s prison officials forcibly removed a transgender woman fr...
politics / 4 months ago
Texas Executes Ramiro Gonzales, Despite Reversal From Doctor Who Helped Send Him To Death Row
Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales on Wednesday despite a stunning reversal from a psychiatrist who help...
politics / 4 months ago
Texas Plans To Execute Ramiro Gonzales, Despite Reversal From Doctor Who Helped Send Him To Death Row
In 2006, Ramiro Gonzales was sentenced to death in Texas as punishment for kidnapping, raping and ki...
politics / 5 months ago
There's A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House
During the final six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, his administration carried out an unpreced...
politics / 6 months ago
Lawmakers Urge DEA To Stop Dragging Its Feet On Weed
A group of 20 Democratic lawmakers urged the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday to “prompt...
politics / 6 months ago
Missouri Executes Man Despite Widespread Pleas To Spare His Life
Brian Dorsey's appointed trial lawyers were paid a flat fee of $12,000 to represent him. Against the...
politics / 8 months ago
Progressives Win Two Texas District Attorney Races
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s primary election, voters in two of Texas’ most populous countie...
politics / 8 months ago
Judge In Nation’s Execution Capital Recommends Overturning Death Sentence
A judge in Harris County, Texas, the execution capital of the country, recommended earlier this mont...
politics / 9 months ago
Following Alabama’s Unprecedented Execution, Ohio Could Be The Next State To Kill With Nitrogen Gas
Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow the state to execute people using nitrogen...
politics / 9 months ago
Alabama Kills Kenneth Smith In First-Ever Nitrogen Gas Execution
Alabama carried out the first-ever execution by nitrogen gas Thursday, killing 58-year-old Kenneth S...
politics / 9 months ago
A Jury Recommended Life In Prison. Now He’s Set To Be The First Person Executed By Lethal Gas.
In 1996, a jury recommended 11-1 that Kenneth Smith be sentenced to life without the possibility of ...