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Missouri Executes Ernest Johnson After SCOTUS, Governor Decline to Intervene
His supporters, including members of Congress and Pope Francis, say his intellectual disabilities made his execution unconstitutional.
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Missouri Is Set Execute Ernest Johnson, Despite Lawmakers and the Pope Begging the Governor Not To
Missouri Reps. Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver—even the pope—sent letters asking Gov. Michael L. Parson to grant Johnson clemency.
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Missouri Man in Custody After Post-Insurrection Lynching Threat Against Black Lawmaker
A 63-year-old man from Missouri is finally in FBI custody after continuing a years-long tradition of threatening legislators with lynching, as well as targeting them with racist and homophobic slurs. Kenneth Hubert of Marionville, Missouri, is charged with threatening to assault and murder Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Black lawmaker from the state. According to…
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2 Senior Black Congressional Leaders Take the Safe Route and Back Biden for President
Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and G.K. Butterfield (D.-N.C.), both former chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus, are throwing their political weight behind Joe Biden in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Cleaver says that while “there are others that I’m closer to”—an apparent reference to presidential hopefuls Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker…