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September 2026

September 29, 2026

Why Can’t Anyone Say Evil? On the Execution of Christa Pike

Christa Pike and Colleen Slemmer In January of 1995, Colleen Slemmer walked into the woods...

May 2026

May 23, 2026

Pentecost: The Inbreaking the Empire Didn’t Plan For

*Readings can also be found here. I. Ezekiel 37:1-14, The Valley of the Discarded The...

April 2026

April 06, 2026

The Dawn of Complicit Press

About Complicit Press Publishing books that expose state violence, demand moral reckoning and amplify silenced...

February 2026

February 24, 2026

Melvin Trotter: The Name We Are About to Forget

Melvin Trotter: The Forgotten Name There is a particular kind of silence that follows an...

January 2026

January 10, 2026

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

ICE MELTS! = Water Flows: The Revolution Scripture Reading Matthew 3:13–17 Jesus came from Galilee...

December 2025

December 30, 2025

YOU ARE A MURDERER: ESSAYS FOR EXECUTIONERS

You are a Murderer. Essays for Executioners Jeff Hood Paperback, hardback, audiobook & ebook versions...

December 26, 2025

The Demise of the Executioner: A Parable

*The characters and events in this parable are entirely fictional. The Demise of the Executioner...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

HOLY WEEK GIFT (Book of Reflections): Execution Echoes

HOLY WEEK GIFT FREE SHORT BOOK OF REFLECTIONS> Execution Echoes Reflections on the Seven...

September 2023

September 10, 2023

Existential Thoughts on a Pilgrimage for Anthony Sanchez

There is danger in thinking about theological things while on pilgrimage. The roads grow...

April 2023

April 22, 2023

Lindsey Barnett: On the Murder of Her Grandparents, Questioning the Judicial Process & the Fight for Her Children

Occasionally, God grants us serendipitous encounters the synchronicity of which cannot be denied. Such...

November 2022

November 12, 2022

“The Actual Weight”: The Weight of Benjamin Cole’s Stuff (Part 1 of 4)

“The Actual Weight”: The Weight of Benjamin Cole’s Stuff (Part 1 of 4) ...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

Jesus’ First Execution: Dirt, Oklahoma, Anthony Sanchez & The Struggle to End the Death Penalty

October 16, 2022 Jesus' First Execution: Dirt, Oklahoma, Anthony Sanchez & The Struggle to...

August 2022

August 13, 2022

A Letter to the Editor & A Public Prayer for Kosoul Chanthakoumanne

A Letter to the Editor & A Public Prayer for Kosoul Chanthakoumanne Back...

August 08, 2022

WHEN FORGIVENESS BECOMES A FARCE: On the Fight to Save KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE, the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & Catholic INDIFFERENCE

WHEN FORGIVENESS BECOMES A FARCE: On the Fight to Save KOSOUL CHANTHAKOUMMANE, the KNIGHTS...

August 05, 2022

Lamentations: On Kosoul Chantakoumanne

Lamentations: On Kosoul Chantakoumanne Make no mistake…Sarah Walker was brutally murdered in McKinney...

May 2022

May 02, 2022

Clergy United Against the Death Penalty: An Introduction & Invitation to Support

Clergy United Against the Death Penalty: An Introduction & Invitation to Support Not...

November 2019

November 14, 2019

Rodney Reed is Not Innocent

For the better part of a decade, I've given my life to the...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Learn to love again: An Annual Letter to the Editor on the Death Penalty

December 31, 2017 *annual letter to the editor on the death penalty ...

November 2017

November 19, 2017

The Gurney Destroyed: A Lesson in Defiance

*These are the final paragraphs from one my latests...The Execution of God,...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Testimony on the Abolition of the Death Penalty before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee of the Texas House of Representatives

*Testimony on the Abolition of the Death Penalty before the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee of the...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

A Death Penalty Prayer Delivered in Dallas/Fort Worth

Let us pray- Oh God, we have participated in the mechanisms of death. We...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

The Prayer at the End of the Walk to Stop Executions

*Closing Prayer at the Walk to Stop Executions at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio...

October 10, 2015

Queer Cosmology and the Penalty of Death

*Lecture delivered in Columbus, Ohio on 10/9/2015 Queer theorists and theologians push against boundaries...

October 07, 2015

The Abolition Prayer at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Circleville, Ohio

Spirit of Love. Spirit of Light. Spirit of Justice. Fill us from the tips...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Testimony on Texas HB 1527: A Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty

Thank you. My name is Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood. I am the Minister of...