while australia may not exist, they do actually have a decent voting system. here in kansas a "high turnout" election is when one out of every three people vote. a similar amount of people voted on the new license plate design (300k) than voted in the last election (330k)
I just listened to Sophie's final album, and it's a pretty good album, but now i'm sad that shes gone
I have always opposed the death penalty for this basic reason: the risk of executing an innocent person is too high a price. And executing a person the state *knows* to be innocent just takes into a realm of sheer horror.
an under-discussed dimension of this scotus majority is its bloodthirstiness. it has not yet seen a prisoner it wasn’t ready to execute in the name of some properly orderly process
you do not need to engage in questions around the morality of death as punishment for a crime, any crime, because the answer to the prior question — can the state be trusted to administer death as a punishment for a crime? — is no
Rest in peace to Marcellus. Abolish the death penalty
No, the charges are state charges, so only the governor of missouri can pardon him. The missouri governor has stated he will not issue a pardon, but still has 45 minutes to change his mind
Killing prisoners should not be a legitimate power of government
Delaware State Rep. Sarah McBride has won the Democratic primary for the state's at-large congressional district, meaning she will almost certainly be the first out trans member of Congress.