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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...

December 26, 2025

I Watched You Kill Him: A Priest’s Plea to Executioners

December 25, 2025 Dear Executioner, I have watched you work. Eleven times now. Eleven men....

December 18, 2025

Innocent in Florida: The Paul Everett Story

I've listened to Paul Everett's voice come through a prison phone line in Florida...steady,...

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...

December 13, 2025

Or Should We Look for Another? : On Matthew 11:2-11

Matthew 11:2-11 John heard what Jesus was doing while he was in prison. From...

December 11, 2025

Why Didn’t Governor Bill Lee Kill Harold Nichols Himself?

I keep coming back to the same question. Why wasn't Governor Bill Lee even in...

November 2025

November 27, 2025

Rahmanullah Lakanwal & The Unfairness of The Death Penalty

Due Process: Rahmanullah Lakanwal and the Eternal Unfairness of the Death Penalty The Immediate Shock,...

November 27, 2025

Beyond The Death Penalty: The Human Evolutionary Journey

Taming Ourselves, Choosing Mercy: Beyond the Death Penalty Humanity’s Paradox: Violence and Compassion Human beings...

November 25, 2025

The Autopsy of Anthony Wainwright=Florida Killed a Dying Man

A State Killing a Dying Man: On the Absurdity of Executing Someone With Terminal Metastatic...

November 14, 2025

Luigi Mangione and the Presumption of Innocence

When the Courtroom Is Replaced by the Internet : On Sensationalism, Luigi Mangione and the...

November 12, 2025

100 Year Wait for Execution: Bryan Jennings & Richard Jordan

Almost a Century of Delay: What the Cases of Bryan Jennings and Richard Jordan Reveal...

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 11, 2025

A Plea to New York: No Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

No Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione : A Spiritual Plea I’m not a New Yorker,...

November 05, 2025

Anthony Boyd Remembered : Immortal Final Breaths

Anthony Boyd remembered. Just a few weeks ago, I stood with Boyd in the final...

November 04, 2025

Luigi Mangione Case Demands Justice, Not Execution

Two Forms of Violence, One Path to Justice On December 4, 2024, Luigi Mangione allegedly...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

The Death Penalty at Sea : A Moral Cataclysm

Blowing Up Suspected Drug Traffickers: The Death Penalty at Sea In recent weeks our government...

October 31, 2025

The Eucharist Exposes Capital Punishment

Capital Punishment is Exposed by The Eucharist The Center of Faith The Eucharist is the...

October 30, 2025

The Case for Clarance Goode: Innocence in Plain Sight

The Case for Clarance Goode’s Innocence: A Systemic Failure in Plain Sight A Triple Murder...

October 29, 2025

You Can’t Follow Jesus and Support the Death Penalty

It's not that complicated...You Can’t Follow Jesus and Support the Death Penalty The question of...

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 28, 2025

Norman Grim : What Would God Say?

What Would God Say to Norman Grim? The Final Hour It’s almost time. The lights...

October 23, 2025

Horror: Thoughts on Another Nitrogen Execution

After witnessing the horror of the first nitrogen execution, I'm terrified to witness another. But...

October 22, 2025

Prayer for Anthony Boyd in the Shadow of the Killing Machine

Prayer for Anthony Boyd in the Shadow of the Killing Machine Gracious and Merciful...

October 21, 2025

If You Condemn Him…You Should Kill Him: On Anthony Boyd

Every execution begins long before the gas flows. It begins the moment someone decides they...

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 13, 2025

Samuel Smithers: The Age of Mercy

The Age of Samuel Smithers The Day Approaches On October 14, 2025, Samuel Lee Smithers,...

October 13, 2025

Samuel Lee Smithers: The Deacon of Death

The Deacon of Death There are crimes so brutal and intimate in their cruelty, that...

October 07, 2025

“Why I March for Anthony Boyd” : Liturgical Free Verse

I march for Anthony Boydbecause death has become ordinaryin this countrybecause the state whispers it...

October 06, 2025

Modern Lynching in Alabama: On The Execution of Anthony Boyd

The Execution of Anthony Boyd : A Modern Lynching in Alabama The scheduled execution...