Prosecutors believe Marcellus Williams was wrongfully convicted. Missouri is still set to execute him this evening unless the Supreme Court intervenes. “He hasn’t given up hope”

Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims

Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty

“Kids are being told by their government that they have to be eradicated from public life,” said Chelsea Freels, a recent high school graduate from St Louis. “I’m 18 now. I can handle it – ish. But I have to help the kids who are younger.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

‘Legislators don’t see me as human’: Missouri trans youth fight to survive anti-LGBTQ+ bills

GOP lawmakers have made the state hostile for trans youth. These teens and their parents vow to ‘assert themselves’

The "terrifying, dystopian" reality of the Supreme Court's homelessness decision: •More cities will attempt total bans on unhoused people •More tickets, fines + jail time for people with no options •Mass displacement into remote "camps" •increased homelessness www.theguardian.com/society/arti...

‘Terrifying and dystopian’: the dark realities of the supreme court’s homelessness decision

Sara Rankin, a law professor cited in Sotomayor’s dissent in the Oregon case, warns more cities will seek to banish the unhoused

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She repeatedly reported a prison guard’s sexual abuse. It took years for officials to believe her

Exclusive: Nilda Palacios fought to prove a California sergeant had assaulted and stalked her – by the time her claims were ‘sustained’, he’d quietly resigned

CJ Wyatt, Savannah’s uncle, told me: “Something has to be done differently. She didn’t have to die. You can tell [one deputy] was rly trying to save her, so it’s unfortunate that there was miscommunication. He clearly knew it was Savannah. Why didn’t the others?” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped

Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

This is the same sheriff’s department that last month killed 15-year-old Ryan Gainer within seconds of encountering him amid a mental health episode, claiming it was justified because he held a gardening tool. My story on his family: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Video obtained by @joeyneverjoe.bsky.socialwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

San Bernardino sheriff initially claimed 15-year-old Savannah Graziano may have been shot dead by her father in a shootout with police. Now we have video revealing the truth: she was shot + killed by deputies while following their instructions to move toward them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped

Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff’s deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them

Ryan held a gardening tool when he was shot. Sheriff Shannon Dicus has vigorously defended the killing, saying training was followed, no other tactics were possible + Ryan had “large stature.” “Officers are not required to be hit over the head with something. Lethal force is perfectly appropriate”

Ryan struggled in recent months after his mom had a stroke + became partially paralyzed: “I saw him grow up because he was really taking care of her,” Rachel said. He also lost his close aunt and cat. When sheriffs were called amid mental health episode, they shot him within 5 seconds of seeing him