Kat Stromquist

Idealist, cat person. "I'm not brave, but I won't fear pain."

[Innocence Project @innocence]

BREAKING: 70 years after his wrongful execution, Tommy Lee Walker is declared innocent.

“The court’s declaration today provides some semblance of belated justice to Mr. Walker’s legacy, and to his son, our client Edward Smith,” said Chris Fabricant. https://t.co/3ND3qfImLl

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

"I have to do everything by myself because I’m the only woman on death row," Lisa Jo Chamberlin told Mississippi Today.

https://t.co/w3shDFZvJg

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

"Please come sit down and talk to me before this execution is carried out, before an innocent man is executed."

Anthony Todd Boyd begs to meet with Alabama governor Kay Ivey ahead of his nitrogen gas execution tonight.

https://t.co/V5AZWW8xMl

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

Only a fraction of Mississippi inmates diagnosed with hepatitis C receive treatment, allowing a treatable infection to develop into a life-threatening illness, interviews and documents obtained by Mississippi Today reveal.

https://t.co/k1jUTuV3JG

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

New Orleans voters back symbolic end to discrimination against formerly incarcerated people https://t.co/BxQAir8HdI

[Lee Hedgepeth @lee_hedgepeth]

Alabama won't allow a victim's son to meet the person who took his mother's life before it suffocates the condemned man to death. But they've saved him a seat at the execution he opposes. Full story: https://t.co/Tf2AzwHT9f

[Clarion Ledger @clarionledger]

National groups, officials call for closer look into 2 men found dead, hanged in Mississippi https://t.co/mK2gGoh9JK

[Raphael Rashid @koryodynasty]

1/ A repatriated Korean worker from the Hyundai-LG battery factory secretly wrote a detention diary about their 7-day experience in ICE custody in Georgia. The worker says ICE officers mocked them with words like as "North Korea" and "Rocket Man" despite holding a business visa.

[Kat Stromquist @kstromquist]

Great story via an incarcerated journo and @TheLensNOLA: https://t.co/KFYB1JM81d

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns with support of mayor and governor. https://t.co/zpcbrTreYW

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

Louisiana's AG is trying to bring back the death penalty for teenagers.

https://t.co/i9nLORVC4M

[CNN @CNN]

A federal appeals court has blocked a judge's order requiring the dismantling of the immigration detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz"
https://t.co/3iUup7K8dR

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

Donald Trump proposes sending National Guard, federal agents to patrol New Orleans https://t.co/fdCKBGXZKD

[Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker]

Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up.

Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.

[Kat Stromquist @kstromquist]

@MayaLMiller @Danny_McArthur_ Physically willing myself not to order the book to see if equally insane

There must be a redemption arc ... right? ??? ?

[WBRZ News @WBRZ]

VIDEO: Oil from the Roseland explosion that happened on Friday has begun to make its way into waterways in Tangipahoa Parish. This footage shows the Tangipahoa River in Robert filling up with oil.

Read more about Roseland here: https://t.co/BDvFyRsqRm

[Meet the Press @MeetThePress]

The head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement told NBC News that agents wouldn't be at D.C. schools on the first day Monday, but they might come onto campuses in the future. https://t.co/dOC1jI8uFo

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Florida plans to open a second immigration detention center that officials are calling "Deportation Depot." https://t.co/oMj1TSIea6

[Richard A. Webster @RichardAWebster]

1. A three-member panel of Louisiana’s parole board granted medical release to Kentrell Parker, a quadriplegic prisoner who is currently suing the state over health care conditions at Angola Prison. @veritenewsnola https://t.co/EnLCLQPoe3

[Ruth Serven Smith @RuthServenSmith]

Gio Martinez was pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit. She is an Alabama social worker who helped local students plan next steps in life.

“I try to be a support to the students,” she told @aldotcom earlier this summer.

https://t.co/vbBTqoKOwd