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Trump’s execution spree reflects death penalty system ‘shaped by racial bias,’ critics say

The Trump administration’s execution spree highlights longstanding inequalities in a criminal justice system that continues to disproportionately treat Black prisoners as the worst of the worst criminals, death penalty experts and advocates say.

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Barr OKs investigations of voting irregularities despite lack of evidence of massive fraud

Attorney General William Barr has authorized U.S. attorneys to pursue “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities during the 2020 elections, contradicting longstanding Justice Department practice of not taking steps that could impact the results…