Author: Tyrone Jones

– 202209DOJ AP

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sought to assuage concerts over a provision included in the bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless spy powers that would shift the definition of which communications companies must comply. The provision, added in an amendment approved by the House, is one of several alarming Senate privacy hawks as…

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– 202312AP21162566926357 e1713454638737

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough criticized Bill Barr, who was attorney general under former President Trump, for his promise to back the Republican presidential ticket in the upcoming election. During a Fox News interview this week, Barr stated that, when faced with two unfavorable options, he believes it's his responsibility to choose the candidate he thinks would…

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– 202211f0c69f9169504d319e6b59b7f87c465c

A study indicates that Black inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection experienced a failed procedure at higher rates than white prisoners. In the analysis released this month, researchers at the anti-death penalty group Reprieve found that Black people had a 220% greater chance of experiencing a failed lethal injection execution than white people, regardless of whether…

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