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Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, regarding the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that the state can execute an inmate with nitrogen gas, a method that has not previously been used to carry out a death sentence. Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi have authorized nitrogen hypoxia for executions but none have tried to use it. Opponents have likened the new procedure to human experimentation. (Associated Press — Nov. 2, 2023)
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Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, regarding his plan to pay teachers $10,000 a year to encourage them to carry guns in schools as a proactive way to prevent shootings. The state has 180 school districts and more than 2,300 public schools with 1.75 million students. (Associated Press — Oct. 25, 2023)
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Josh Hutchinson, the leader of the Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project, regarding the group’s efforts to persuade the state to take a fuller reckoning of its early history. The group is made up of history buffs and descendants and they are dedicated to clearing the names of all of those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft across the state, whether or not the accusations ended in hanging. Hutchinson and his peers have been collecting signatures for a petition but hope to take their case to the statehouse. (Associated Press — Oct. 31, 2023)
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White House chief of staff Jeff Zient, commenting on President Biden's sweeping executive action to try to establish oversight of the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector, setting new standards for safety tests for AI products — as well as a system for federal "pressure tests" of major systems. (NPR — Oct. 30, 2023)
