The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former Southern Poverty Law Center executive in connection with the government’s ongoing fraud case against the civil rights organization. Political extremism expert Heidi Beirich was arrested at her home in Palm Springs, Calif.,…
Judge bans Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas for executions
A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from putting inmate Jeffrey Lee to death with nitrogen gas two days before his June 11 execution date. District Judge Emily Marks in Montgomery ruled June 9 that nitrogen hypoxia executions violate the constitutional…