Alabama executes Anthony Todd Boyd by nitrogen gas for 1993 murder and kidnapping

ATMORE — The State of Alabama carried out its fifth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Anthony Todd Boyd to death by ...
VTDigger

‘We are in a difficult part of American history’: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at UVM

The U.S. Supreme Court justice, part of the court’s three-member liberal bloc, urged university students in attendance not to ...

Liberal Supreme Court justices decry nitrogen hypoxia executions: ‘Excruciating suffocation’

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor led the court’s other two liberal justices in penning a dissent that condemned the use of nitrogen hypoxia in executions.  Sotomayor — joined by Justices ...
CNN

Sotomayor was schoolgirl with focus, determination, friends say

The teenage Sonia Sotomayor was easy to spot in the halls of her New York high school. Her uniform was often askew -- a once-crisp shirt protruding out and over her skirt's waistband as she carried a ...

After standing ovation for blistering dissent, Sotomayor urges people to read both sides

The voice of the court's liberal minority had a fiery view on a pro-Trump ICE ruling, saying she would not stand idly by ...
CNN

Sotomayor criticizes wording but defends point of 'wise Latina'

Sonia Sotomayor strongly asserted her adherence to the law while dodging questions about her personal beliefs on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary ...
The Vermont Cynic

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor makes historic visit to UVM

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited UVM earlier this week, delivering a series of talks centered on empathy, ...