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2026-01-11T22:58:33-06:00

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Scott Colom & The Death Penalty: Performance Over Justice

Last updated on: January 11, 2026 at 10:58 pm By Jeff Hood

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Clay County District Attorney Scott Colom’s Rush to the Death Penalty Is a Failure of Leadership What Happened in Clay County Friday night’s killings in Clay County, Mississippi are horrifying. According to authorities, a 24-year-old man, Daricka Moore, killed six people across three locations in a single night: his father, brother and uncle at a family mobile home…a 7-year-old cousin at another residence…and a church pastor and the pastor’s brother at a rural church. The violence unfolded over several hours... Read more

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2026-01-10T21:28:08-06:00

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MELT ICE!: The Baptism of Christ Can Water a Revolution

Last updated on: January 10, 2026 at 9:28 pm By Jeff Hood

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ICE MELTS! = Water Flows: The Revolution Scripture Reading Matthew 3:13–17 Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him… and behold, the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove… “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” ICE Melts : Beyond the Beginning The baptism of Jesus is usually taught as a beginning…the inauguration of His public ministry. But what if it’s... Read more

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2026-01-09T15:37:53-06:00

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The Cult: How Fandom is Killing Luigi Mangione

Last updated on: January 9, 2026 at 3:37 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Cult of Luigi : How Fandom is Killing the Conversation That Can Save His Life The cult of Luigi is terrifying. I’ve spent years sitting with men on death row. I’ve held their hands as the state strapped them to gurneys. I’ve watched them take their last breaths. I know what it means to fight for someone’s life…not as a symbol, not as a meme, not as a mascot for political rage…but as an actual human being whose... Read more

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2026-01-08T23:22:01-06:00

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ICE Murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis: Time to Rage

Last updated on: January 8, 2026 at 11:22 pm By Jeff Hood

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The God Who Knows Blood: ICE and the Murder of Renee Nicole Good The Execution of Renee Nicole Good Thus, saith the Lord: “I have seen the blood you have spilled. I have heard the cries of those you have terrorized. I have witnessed the bullet enter the head of my daughter on a Minneapolis street. And I am coming for an accounting.” This morning, ICE agents executed Renee Nicole Good. Let that sentence sit in your gut like a... Read more

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2026-01-06T00:49:37-06:00

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Kendrick Simpson: Oklahoma’s Execution of Trauma

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 12:49 am By Jeff Hood

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We Are a Society That Punishes Survivors of the Horrors That We Create Kendrick Simpson: On The Bridge and At the Convention Center In 2005, Kendrick Simpson stood on a bridge in New Orleans, surrounded by water that was not actually water, but liquified abandonment. The floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina had transformed the city into a vast drowning machine, and the federal government’s response had transformed its Black residents into something expendable. Simpson stood there with thousands of others, no... Read more

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2026-01-03T19:51:29-06:00

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Herod, Maduro & Trump: On The Star That Breaks The Lunacy

Last updated on: January 3, 2026 at 7:51 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Star That Breaks the Lunacy of Herod, Maduro & Trump When Jesus was born in Bethlehem during King Herod’s reign, some wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem. They asked, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star rise in the sky and have come to honor him.” Herod, the king, was deeply troubled when he heard this, and so was everyone in Jerusalem. He called together the leading priests and scholars and... Read more

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2025-12-30T21:51:15-06:00

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Universalism and the Death Penalty: God Has No Death Chamber

Last updated on: December 30, 2025 at 9:51 pm By Jeff Hood

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Grace and Cruelty: Universalism and the Death Penalty I have spent my life at the edges of justice. Where law meets conscience. Where the cold machinery of punishment bumps up against the unrelenting call of mercy. I have stood in execution chambers. I have watched men die. And there, in that intersection where the state claims its ultimate power, I cannot stop thinking about universalism…the stubborn belief that love, grace and restoration eventually reach every human soul. This is not... Read more

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2025-12-30T00:35:17-06:00

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YOU ARE A MURDERER: ESSAYS FOR EXECUTIONERS

Last updated on: December 30, 2025 at 12:35 am By Jeff Hood

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You are a Murderer. Essays for Executioners Jeff Hood Paperback, hardback, audiobook & ebook versions of this short book are also available for purchase on Amazon. Preface: Executioner: You Are a Murderer You are a murderer. I don’t care what they told you. I don’t care what you tell yourself when you’re trying to fall asleep. You killed somebody. You’ve maybe killed a lot of somebodies. The state gave you permission and you did it. That’s murder. I’ve been in... Read more

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2025-12-28T00:08:59-06:00

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“We Are Herod” : Thoughts on The Feast of the Holy Family

Last updated on: December 28, 2025 at 12:08 am By Jeff Hood

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*A Meditation on Matthew 2 The Flight from Herod’s Terror Picture them. A young mother, barely out of girlhood. A working man with calloused hands. A baby who doesn’t know yet that anyone wants him dead. They’re packing in the dark. Not much to pack – they were poor before the angel came, and they’re poorer now. A few clothes. Some bread. Whatever coins Joseph had saved. Mary wraps the baby tight against her chest. She can feel his heartbeat... Read more

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2025-12-27T19:48:13-06:00

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Sonny Burton: Alabama’s Next Target Didn’t Kill Anyone

Last updated on: December 27, 2025 at 7:48 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Daughter Knows Sonny Burton Didn’t Do It There’s a girl in Alabama who lost her daddy. Nine years old when it happened. Doug Battle went to work at an AutoZone in Talladega in 1991 and never came home. A man named Derrick DeBruce shot him dead during a robbery. That girl grew up. Her name is Tori Battle. And just days ago, she wrote something that ought to stop every breathing person in this state: “Alabama plans to execute... Read more

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