this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice. Some actual good news out of the Midwest for once.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Illinois does stuff like this all the time. They ended cash bail a couple of years ago, and legal weed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

To be fair Missouri does too. But then our legislature undoes the will of the public. Here's hoping it sticks up there. Sounds like it will.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dr Jack Kevorkian would be proud. Holy shit, he isn’t dead. Looked up how to spell his name and he’s still going.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What lol

Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe they looked up Kardashian instead of Kevorkian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sigh. The internet is getting even worse for search. It was probably google AI slop, even though I know to watch for that. Thanks internet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The police are bummed. Can't they get in on the action?