crime

Chilling new sign Luigi Mangione will face death penalty

A judge has appointed a death penalty expert to the defense team of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. WHY IT MATTERS: The appointment of Avraham Markowitz suggests that federal prosecutors are seriously considering seeking the death penalty against Mangione, though it’s not yet confirmed. Luigi’s defense team welcomed the

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Despite a few well-hyped stories, ‘migrant crime’ is a myth. Here are the facts.

Right-wing politicians and media outlets have spent years fearmongering about crime committed by poor, working migrants, using isolated incidents to push racist narratives—but the data overwhelmingly shows that migrants commit fewer crimes than native-born populations. A 2020 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examined crime rates in Texas and found

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