ACLU death penalty challenge to go before Sedgwick County judge

In a little more than a week, a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to the death penalty in Kansas will go before a Sedgwick County judge. Attorneys for the ACLU are making the case that the use of the death penalty is discriminatory and doesn’t serve its punitive purpose.

Screengrab of news video showing paper copies of expert testimony for the trial

Prison uprising put down as US inmates demand protection from coronavirus

On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas asked the state’s supreme court to release prisoners with pre-existing medical conditions such as heart disease, hypertension and diabetes – risk factors that make them more vulnerable to Covid-19.

Signs pleading for help are seen in the windows at the Cook county jail complex in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 April. THE GUARDIAN