Ridiculous. Some of these tech bros need to spend less time on X or watching crummy conspiracy podcasts. Maybe start reading books again with real science? It seems hopeless sometimes.

Meanwhile in Idaho tonight, the execution of Thomas Creech didn't go ahead. “The medical team could not establish an IV line [and] failed 10 times to access [Creech]’s veins in both of his arms and both legs.” deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/outcom…

The last words of Ivan Cantu before he was executed tonight in Texas.

He maintained his innocence until the last moment.

Context from 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍: theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Media witnesses have been instructed to head to the Huntsville Unit for Ivan Cantu’s execution. I’ll update as soon as we get back. Dallas Morning News

A few years back I witnessed an execution in Oklahoma. I wrote then that I felt a certain amount of guilt — that everyone there, including me, had been complicit in this macabre drama. #IvanCantu gq-magazine.co.uk/article/execut…

This story has been updated to reflect that Ivan Cantu’s attorney will not submit a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution, adding she “couldn’t find a viable path” in which his case could be reviewed. The execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. Dallas Morning News

Congressman, former jurors call for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to halt Ivan Cantu's execution statesman.com/story/news/sta…

In three hours, Texas is set to execute Ivan Cantu, a man I've known for about 20 years — despite a witness admitting to lying during the trial, and other troubling evidence that has since come to light. theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Tonight Texas plans to execute Ivan Cantu.

-His lawyers didn't call witnesses
-There's evidence key witnesses against him lied
-DNA didn't match him
-The judge's nickname was '“Hang Them All Sandoval,”

All this and more in Michelle Pitcher's reporting:
texasobserver.org/ivan-cantu-is-…

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied Ivan Cantu’s motion for stay of execution and his application to file a state habeas corpus petition that presents new evidence of innocence. search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.as… Texas Defender Service TCADP Innocence Project of Texas Witness to Innocence #deathpenalty

Years ago, at the British Library, I discovered a pamphlet from the 1920s published by the UK's National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. Here are two excerpts, outlining reasons for abolition and comparing press coverage to an era when executions were public.

What I learned about the US death penalty from the next man to be executed theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

Not everyone on death row is innocent, but kick up enough dirt and you’re sure to discover a problem with the conviction. And reasonable doubt may not be much of a celebrity soundbite, but it’s enough not to kill someone. theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

I’ve visited Texas death row more times that I can remember. I’ve heard confessions, remorse, pleas of innocence and I’ve witnessed an execution. On Wednesday, Ivan Cantu, a man I’ve known for 20 years, is next in line to die: theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

What I learned about the US death penalty from the next man to be executed. amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb… The Guardian 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍 TCADP #Texas #IvanCantu

Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of the MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons ⁦Billy Bragg⁩ ⁦Tom Morello⁩ apnews.com/article/b7ac00…

‘He couldn’t see light at the end of the tunnel’: Jamal Khashoggi’s widow on their life and his death theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…