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Mixter Kit O'Connell

“The history of Lawrence represents LGBTQ+ people’s struggle to be fully seen as human rather than as criminals and deviants ...”

I'm gradually crossposting my @TexasObserver stories onto my website. This article illuminates how decades of queer activism in #Texas ushered in a landmark #SCOTUS ruling. kitoconnell.com/2023/02/09/law

#LGBTQIA+ #history #law #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #activism #Dallas #books #bookstodon

Kit O'Connell: Approximately 8,000 Words · Before ‘Lawrence’: From Sodomy to Queer Liberation - Kit O'Connell: Approximately 8,000 WordsKit O'Connell reviews Wesley G. Phelps’ 'Lawrence v. Texas,' a history of how gay persecution in the Texas inspired the LGBTQ+ civil rights.
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I got an HD on my latest assignment.. but the comments the marker left don't make sense.

He made 3 comments - the first one was that I needed to "outline what [I] know about Indigenous people and the criminal justice system", the second comment says "reads well with explicit focus on the cjs", the third says "strong professional focus upon nature of Indigenous Australian over-representation in cjs also applying cultural competency learning. Reads very well indeed."

I don't understand how I can both NOT outline the experience of Indigenous people in the cjs and also have outlined it enough to get those positive responses...?

Then in the overall feedback for the assessment he told me I have to "conceptualise settler colonialism".

He's a non-Indigenous academic.

It's a paper about cultural competency in professional practice, and the first sentence I've written positions me as a Kamilaroi person.

But he's going to tell me to "conceptualise settler colonialism".

Right.

#Aboriginal#Indigenous#uni
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Texas Observer

Featured story: In February, the Observer identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut

The Texas Observer · ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X AccountThe Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
#politics#SocialMedia#immigration
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Texas Observer

The three-drug protocol first used by states was intended to make sure the person on the gurney died. Extremely high doses of three drugs—each lethal in its own right—would ensure that if one drug failed, one of the other two would surely work. But this three-drug plan wasn’t reviewed by anyone before #Oklahoma adopted it, followed the next day by #Texas. texasobserver.org/sordid-story

#DeathPenalty #politics #history #books #prison #CriminalJustice #law #medicine #USpol #bookstodon

The Texas Observer · The Sordid, Unscientific Story Behind Lethal InjectionA new book by a national expert explores the failures of the United States’ favored execution method.
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Texas Observer

“We’re trying to straddle a recreational use versus a medicinal use. Drawing the lines will be difficult, because we’ve been doing this for almost three hours, and I’m still not sure what we’re talking about.” texasobserver.org/advocates-sp

The Texas Observer · Texas House Weighs How to Get Harsh on HempIndustry advocates warn against bills that would ban or otherwise restrict many legal THC products.
#TXlege#Texas#cannabis
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ProPublica

An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
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A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
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ProPublicaAn Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
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#News#Louisiana#Prison
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Texas Observer

In explaining the legal and clinical aspects of lethal injections, “Secrets of the Killing State” is far from sterile. Corinna Barrett Lain lays out her fact-based narratives in stomach-churning detail, while also plainly sharing her analysis of the facts with readers, often bordering on righteous indignation. texasobserver.org/sordid-story

The Texas Observer · The Sordid, Unscientific Story Behind Lethal InjectionA new book by a national expert explores the failures of the United States’ favored execution method.
#DeathPenalty#books#bookstodon
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