**Merrick Garland Warns of Threats to Black Voter Rights in Wake of Weakening Voting Rights Act**

Selma, Alabama – US Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a stern warning about the continuous efforts to disenfranchise Black voters during a church service in Selma marking the 59th anniversary of the violent police attack on civil rights activists known as Bloody Sunday. Garland highlighted the detrimental impact of court decisions on the integrity of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a hallmark legislation that emerged in response to the brutal assault on unarmed demonstrators – …

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Attorney General Merrick Garland Approves Capital Prosecution for Buffalo Mass Shooting Suspect

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a moratorium on federal executions and a commitment to abolish the death penalty from the current administration, Attorney General Merrick Garland recently approved seeking capital punishment for a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. This decision marks a significant shift in the Justice Department’s approach to the death penalty. Since taking office, Garland’s Justice Department has refrained from taking on new death penalty cases, reversing more …

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