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2026-04-04T19:44:00-06:00

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Jesus the Gardener: Mary Was Right the First Time

Last updated on: April 4, 2026 at 7:44 pm By Jeff Hood

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Jesus the Gardener Mary Magadelene is standing outside the empty tomb. She has already looked inside. She has already seen the angels. She has already wept. And now she turns around…there he is, standing in the early morning half-light, and she does not know who he is. She makes the most reasonable assumption she can. This man, in a garden, at dawn…he must work here. He must be the one who tends this place. He must be the gardener. She... Read more

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2026-04-03T23:18:54-06:00

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SUFFOCATION BY DESIGN : The Body Does Not Lie

Last updated on: April 3, 2026 at 11:18 pm By Jeff Hood

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The Body Does Not Lie Holy Week insists on the body. Not theology in the abstract. Not doctrine at a safe remove. The body…the weight in the chest, the fight for air, the precise physical reality of what it means when a state slowly ends a human life and calls the process just. We follow, across these days, a man who was arrested by the state, tried by the state, and executed by the state. Crucifixion was designed to kill... Read more

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2026-04-01T23:08:02-06:00

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Suffocation By Design: Stay Awake With Me

Last updated on: April 1, 2026 at 11:08 pm By Jeff Hood

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*This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new book, Suffocation by Design, tracing the final week of the life of Jesus alongside the story of nitrogen hypoxia executions in America. Suffocation By Design: The Final Meal On Maundy Thursday, Jesus gathered his disciples for a final meal. He broke bread and poured wine, giving them his body and blood in forms they could hold in their hands. He washed their feet… the act of... Read more

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2026-04-01T12:12:11-06:00

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Good Friday, April 3: ‘The Spiritual Advisor’ Screening

Last updated on: April 1, 2026 at 12:12 pm By Jeff Hood

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This is not just a film screening. It is an invitation to witness. Watch Live — Virtual Screening Friday, April 3, 2026 • 10:00 AM Central Time Topic: The Spiritual Advisor — Good Friday Release Register in advance I Stayed. The Camera Didn’t Look Away. Now You’re Invited. I did not go to Oklahoma to make a film. I went to stop an execution. In September of 2024, I drove across state lines carrying something I have come to know... Read more

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Suffocation By Design: The Weight of Witness

Last updated on: April 1, 2026 at 11:05 pm By Jeff Hood

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*This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new book, Suffocation by Design, tracing the final week of the life of Jesus alongside the story of nitrogen hypoxia executions in America. The Weight of Witness: Holy Wednesday Holy Wednesday is the quiet day. The debates of Tuesday are over. The Last Supper has not yet begun. Somewhere in the city, Judas is making arrangements. Jesus is gathered with his disciples, but the Gospels don’t give... Read more

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2026-03-30T23:23:44-06:00

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Suffocation By Design: The Questions That Expose Everything

Last updated on: March 30, 2026 at 11:23 pm By Jeff Hood

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Holy Tuesday: The Questions That Expose Everything *This post is part of a series of Holy Week reflections drawn from my new book, Suffocation by Design, tracing the final week of the life of Jesus alongside the story of nitrogen hypoxia executions in America. Holy Tuesday is the day of questions. Jesus returned to the Temple and spent the day in debate…with the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, the lawyers. They came at him with trap after trap, each question... Read more

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Jesus Was Suffocated by Design: The Overturned Tables

Last updated on: March 30, 2026 at 12:23 am By Jeff Hood

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*This is the first of five Holy Week posts engaging my new book, Suffocation by Design: The Story of America’s Newest Execution Method. Suffocation By Design On Holy Monday, Jesus walked into the Temple and overturned the money changers’ tables. It was not a gentle moment. It was an act of prophetic fury — a refusal to let sacred space be turned into a marketplace, a refusal to let religious language cover exploitation. “You have made it a... Read more

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2026-03-28T22:22:45-06:00

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The Hands That Cannot Be Washed Clean: A Palm Sunday Sermon

Last updated on: March 28, 2026 at 10:22 pm By Jeff Hood

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Matthew 21:1-11 A Prayer, A Political Act He rode in on a borrowed donkey. Not a warhorse. Not a chariot flanked by legions. Not with the thunder of imperial boots on cobblestone or the gleam of armor catching the Judean sun. He came on a donkey…the animal of the poor, the animal of the farmer, the animal of the man who has no horse because horses belong to those who own things. And the people who threw their cloaks on... Read more

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How Rare Legal Victories Sustain the Death Penalty

Last updated on: March 26, 2026 at 1:03 am By Jeff Hood

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How Rare Legal Victories Sustain the Death Penalty: Habeas Lawyers Have Consistently Taught Abolitionists How to Lose Why the Movement’s Legal Reliance Keeps the Death Penalty Alive The Victory On a day in 2026, the abolition movement celebrated. Sonny Burton…seventy-five years old, confined to a wheelchair, who had spent more than two decades on Alabama’s death row for a killing he did not commit and was not present for…had his death sentence commuted by Governor Kay Ivey. The coalition that... Read more

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2026-03-25T14:04:53-06:00

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The Death Penalty Is the Wrong Punishment for Marbel Mendoza

Last updated on: March 25, 2026 at 2:04 pm By Jeff Hood

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This is the manuscript of a new book from Complicit Press entitled: NOT COMMENSURATE: The Case for Mercy for Marbel Mendoza Jeff Hood In support of legal relief for Marbel Mendoza Florida Department of Corrections | DC# 450307 Dade County Case No. 92-9940C Primary Sources: Florida Supreme Court Opinion No. 84,370 (1997); Florida Supreme Court Corrected Opinion No. SC04-1881 (2007); Marbel Mendoza, Petition for Executive Clemency; personal correspondence with the author. CONTENTS Preface: A Question of Proportion Chapter One: The... Read more

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