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Tony Carruthers : What the State Calls Sane Enough

Tony Carruthers : Sane Enough For months now, my phone has been filling up...

March 2026

March 16, 2026

Distributed Culpability and the Execution of Michael King

A Confluence of Evil: Michael King, Distributed Culpability & the Murder of Denise Amber Lee...

March 11, 2026

A Strange Witness: Cedric Ricks Said He Wanted to Die.

A Strange Witness I have been inside enough courtrooms to know that they lie to...

March 04, 2026

An Appeal to Join the Execution Intervention Project

A Letter from The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood Founder, Execution Intervention Project How Moral Failure...

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...

February 17, 2026

The Death Penalty and the Prophetic Legacy of Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson and the Death Penalty The passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson invites not only...

February 09, 2026

Governor DeSantis Must Stop Ronald Heath’s Execution

A Call for Mercy and Reason: Governor DeSantis Stop Ronald Heath's Execution! On February 10,...

January 2026

January 31, 2026

The Case of Nicholas Smith: Coercion, Trauma & Murder

Coercion, Trauma & Murder in Alabama Nicholas Smith sits on Alabama's death row for a...

January 09, 2026

The Cult: How Fandom is Killing Luigi Mangione

The Cult of Luigi : How Fandom is Killing the Conversation That Can Save...

January 06, 2026

Kendrick Simpson: Oklahoma’s Execution of Trauma

We Are a Society That Punishes Survivors of the Horrors That We Create Kendrick Simpson:...

December 2025

December 16, 2025

On Death Row Without a Conviction: Jonathan Stephenson

The Man on Death Row Without a Conviction: The Case of Jonathan Stephenson Jonathan...

November 2025

November 11, 2025

Dr. Jonathan Groner and the Anatomy of an Execution

The Truth About an Execution and Dr. Jonathan Groner Every few years, conversations about capital...

November 02, 2025

Why Abolitionists Must Stand for Everyone on Death Row

No Exceptions: Abolitionists Must Stand for Everyone Abolitionists (the abolitionist movement) hemorrhages its power...

October 2025

October 28, 2025

Eyewitness to Horror : On The Execution of Anthony Boyd

36 Minutes of Horror : The Execution of Anthony Boyd : An Eyewitness Account The...

October 13, 2025

Justice Beyond Killing: Mr. Crawford & Moral Responsibility

Confession of Honest Rage “If my daughter had been abducted, tortured, abused, killed, I’d want...

October 12, 2025

The Execution of Grace & Anthony Boyd

The Execution of Grace : Grace on the Scaffold The State Prepares to Kill In...

October 02, 2025

Innocence Ignored: Save Lance Shockley

The Beginning of Injustice in the Case of Lance Shockley In Missouri, the execution chamber...

October 01, 2025

Charles Crawford Deserves Life: Tate Reeves Hungers to Kill

Life for Charles Crawford On October 15, Mississippi plans to kill Charles Crawford. The state...

September 2025

September 20, 2025

Blaine Milam: Justice Is Not Just for Robert Roberson

Remembering Amora Bain Carson and the Role of Blaine Milam Amora Bain Carson. She was...