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Man dies after being placed in headlock on NYC subway

A man suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a New York City subway died this week after being placed in a headlock by a fellow rider

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KJ Martin sets career high; Alperen Sengun makes emphatic return in Memphis

Memphis edged Houston in Ja Morant’s return, but it was a career night for KJ Martin (31 points). Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, and Kevin Porter Jr. had big games, too.

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Dropping Mardi Gras gun cases a mistake, prosecutor says

New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams says an assistant prosecutor wrongly decided to drop prosecution of more than a dozen illegal gun possession cases arising from Mardi Gras season arrests

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Prosecutors, defense win freedom for man in 1983 killing

A man who spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 killing has won his freedom after New Orleans prosecutors joined defense lawyers in asking to have his conviction overturned

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Three men have 1994 murder convictions vacated in case investigated by killer police officer

Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting have been ordered freed

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3 murder verdicts vacated in case investigated by killer cop

Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting have been ordered freed

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Convicted at 17, prisoner, now 53, exonerated in rape

A Black Louisiana man has been formally cleared in a New Orleans rape for which he was convicted as a teenager more than 36 years ago

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Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

‘Trigger’ bans in more than a dozen states will quickly or immediately outlaw abortion without Roe v Wade protections. It will be up to the discretion of district attorneys and law enforcement whether providers will be criminally charged, Alex Woodward reports

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Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022: full list of medal-winning gardens revealed

Unusual plants and container gardens are highlights from this year’s medal-winning designs.

Evening Standard

The Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast launches new mini series, The Division, exploring civil rights in New Orleans

Today in Focus, the Guardian’s flagship daily news podcast, has launched a new four-part mini series covering the office of progressive Black district attorney Jason Williams on the heels of his election win in New Orleans in 2020.

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Life in prison for stealing $20: how The Division is taking apart brutal criminal sentences

Part two: The New Orleans’ civil rights division reckons with a case involving an egregious sentence – and a policy that has punished the city’s poorest for decades

The Guardian - US

Friday briefing: Mixed picture can’t obscure local anger with Boris Johnson

In this morning’s newsletter: Archie Bland reports from Sunderland on a night when Tory support collapsed in the local elections, but Labour failed to inspire

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Inside the Division: how a small team of US prosecutors fight decades of shocking injustice

Part one: In New Orleans, a man pleaded his innocence for 28 years. Was there evidence that could set him free?

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4 teens accused of dragging woman to death plead not guilty

Four teens accused in the dragging death of an elderly New Orleans woman whose arm was severed during a carjacking have pleaded not guilty

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Man with garden at his 18th-floor flat wins Chelsea Flower Show spot

Jason Williams transformed the balcony of his Manchester city centre apartment into a lush urban oasis during lockdown

Daily Mirror

Incredible garden on 18th-floor flat balcony that man created during lockdown

Jason Williams, 35, was working as a restaurant manager before he was furloughed during the pandemic and transformed his 18th floor balcony into an incredible urban oasis

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Man has turned his incredible balcony off Deansgate into one of the country's very best

Jason Williams has transformed his city centre balcony

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From the 18th floor to cloud nine: high-rise gardener gets Chelsea flower show spot

Jason Williams started gardening on the balcony of his Manchester city centre flat during the pandemic

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Family demand teens be tried as adults for dragging woman to death by her arm in carjacking

The teens allegedly dragged the woman and severed her arm, causing her to bleed out on the street

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Jason Williams: Michael Jordan would be an All-Star in today’s NBA but not the Michael Jordan he was back then

Jason Williams: "Anybody in the NBA is going to beat anybody one on one, let alone Michael Jordan. I think he'd be great, be an All-Star for sure, but not the Michael Jordan that he was back then if that's fair to say." Source: Peter Dewey @ ...

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