L. Lou
@wauwawoo.bsky.social
Attorney ⚖️ Weimaraner lover 🦮 Crafty Crafter 🧶 Supporter of civil rights, Detroiter, Ravelry member, Stardew Valley enthusiast, hablo español, you know, all the fun stuff.
Some states will fight hard against releasing innocent people from prison bc they argue wrongful convictions are a myth. We need to be advocates for the wrongfully convicted bc letting an innocent person pay while guilty ppl walk free is unconscionable.
Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
Forensics Fraud?
Experts say this video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence. So why is a man still on death row?
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Some states will fight hard against releasing innocent people from prison bc they argue wrongful convictions are a myth. We need to be advocates for the wrongfully convicted bc letting an innocent person pay while guilty ppl walk free is unconscionable.
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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The Supreme Court meets today to consider the President's wish to suspend part of our Constitution: the 14th Amendment securing citizenship for US natives.
I joined with 95 other social scientists to document the costs of this act for the United States.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I joined with 95 other social scientists to document the costs of this act for the United States.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Supreme Court meets today to consider the President's wish to suspend part of our Constitution: the 14th Amendment securing citizenship for US natives.
I joined with 95 other social scientists to document the costs of this act for the United States.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I joined with 95 other social scientists to document the costs of this act for the United States.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
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Smoke and mirrors is the GOP’s fave game. RFK, Jr. is dangerously ignorant, please listen to your medical doctors for medical info instead of a retired environmental lawyer with no medical background.
While you were distracted by the Epstein files, RFK jr just updated the CDC website with his anti-vax talking points.
This is dangerous and irresponsible.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
This is dangerous and irresponsible.
www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Smoke and mirrors is the GOP’s fave game. RFK, Jr. is dangerously ignorant, please listen to your medical doctors for medical info instead of a retired environmental lawyer with no medical background.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Accurate. Verdad. Which is especially egregious in the context of minors and people with intellectual disabilities or impairments. Jessie Misskelley is a sad example of the damage lying LEOs can do to the young and impaired.
In the US, law enforcement isn't just legally allowed to lie to you, they're ENCOURAGED to. OTOH, your lawyer is legally prohibited from lying to you and can lose her license for it.
Which of those professions, though, do you reflexively associate more with lying?
You're not immune to copaganda.
Which of those professions, though, do you reflexively associate more with lying?
You're not immune to copaganda.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Accurate. Verdad. Which is especially egregious in the context of minors and people with intellectual disabilities or impairments. Jessie Misskelley is a sad example of the damage lying LEOs can do to the young and impaired.
You know what’s not shutdown rn? Federal student loan collections. People aren’t getting paid or their food benefits, grocery stores are losing tons of $ leading to more layoffs and food chain disruptions, yet the govt is still trying to collect student loan debt. #greed #shutdown #snap
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
W/ all the political BS, the media isn’t reporting on other things that matter, like the 1st SCOTUS case involving a Rastafarian & religious freedom of institutionalized persons (RLUIPA): www.oyez.org/cases/2025/2...
Yet another example of why our entire justice system needs reform.
Yet another example of why our entire justice system needs reform.
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www.oyez.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
W/ all the political BS, the media isn’t reporting on other things that matter, like the 1st SCOTUS case involving a Rastafarian & religious freedom of institutionalized persons (RLUIPA): www.oyez.org/cases/2025/2...
Yet another example of why our entire justice system needs reform.
Yet another example of why our entire justice system needs reform.
Fellow lawyers: get it together! We double check our paralegals’ work, but not AI work?! Seriously?! Stop being lazy and just do the damn work. Submitting false or misleading info in a court filing is at best malpractice and at worst an ethical breach of professional conduct. Do better.
“A French data scientist and lawyer, Damien Charlotin, has catalogued at least 490 court filings in the past six months that contained “hallucinations,” which are AI responses that contain false or misleading information.”
apnews.com/article/arti...
apnews.com/article/arti...
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
Judges around the world are seeing error-riddled legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fellow lawyers: get it together! We double check our paralegals’ work, but not AI work?! Seriously?! Stop being lazy and just do the damn work. Submitting false or misleading info in a court filing is at best malpractice and at worst an ethical breach of professional conduct. Do better.
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Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
Agreed.
I’m so disgusted by this administration and all the cowards who have the powerful to stop this but refuse to.
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Agreed.
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Bet working remotely looks real good to them right about now.
NEW: Employees at Google’s Chelsea campus were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.
Google Has a Bed Bug Infestation in Its New York Offices
Employees at Google’s Chelsea office were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bet working remotely looks real good to them right about now.
Ridiculous that he’s stalling - just swear her in.
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ridiculous that he’s stalling - just swear her in.
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It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
October 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
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Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c
Sending Texas National Guard out of state while Texas is preparing for a state of emergency…I wish I could say I’m surprised.
Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas
With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.
trib.al
October 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Sending Texas National Guard out of state while Texas is preparing for a state of emergency…I wish I could say I’m surprised.
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Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.
Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.
Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.
Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.
Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.
Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.
Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.
Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.
Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.