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I agree in principle with your objection, but I'm having trouble re-formulating the sentence in a way which is accurate but still sounds natural:

> it's an openly debated topic, ranging from a simple accident to bullying by the state and conspiracy theories.

> it's an openly debated topic, ranging from a simple accident to bullying by the state or other kinds of conspiracy theories.

How would you say it?

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The sentence is a train wreck to begin with. "Conspiracy theory" isn't a potential cause of death, and these things do not really form a coherent range. Presumably the conspiracy theories allege murder? In that case, I might write something like: "Turing's death is still an openly debated topic, with purported causes of death including simple accident, suicide resulting from bullying by the state, and even murder at the hands of a conspiracy."

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