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October 2025

October 03, 2025

St. Esther Brown: The Greatest Death Penalty Abolitionist

Some lives are ordinary. Some lives are remarkable. Some lives are holy. The Life of...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

Post-Execution Prophecy: The Voice of God Amidst Horror

Post-Execution Prophecy In the aftermath of an execution the loudest voices belong to governments, prison...

September 22, 2025

Anthony Boyd, Alabama & Execution: Notes on a Revolutionary

Anthony Boyd & The Death Penalty: The Last Revolutionary September 22, 2025 If you are...

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...

September 13, 2025

Lactantius Against the Death Penalty: Early Christian Ethics

Lactantius and the Death Penalty: A Radical Moral Witness from the Early Church It’s hard...

September 03, 2025

The Case Against the Death Penalty for Adolf Hitler

Penalty? On the Weight of Human Atrocity To say Adolf Hitler’s name is to summon...

August 2025

August 19, 2025

The Breath of Life Does Not Belong to the State

I saw it with my own eyes. January 25, 2024. Alabama. Kenneth Smith was...

August 13, 2025

Nitrogen Executions in Arkansas

I’ve seen nitrogen kill. January 25, 2024. Alabama. I was Kenneth Smith’s priest. He was...

June 2025

June 18, 2025

Eyewitness to the Final Hours of Anthony Wainwright

“Don’t Let Your Heart Be Troubled” Don’t let your heart be troubled…easier...

May 2025

May 19, 2025

Open Your Eyes Alabama: On the Execution of Greg Hunt

“Greg Hunt’s Death Sentence: A Flawed Capital Murder Case” “Never trust the government." It...

May 17, 2025

Anthony Wainwright did not Rape or Murder Carmen Gayheart

The Crime In 1994, Anthony Wainwright and Richard Hamilton escaped from a prison in Newport,...

May 12, 2025

Anthony Wainwright & Carmen Gayheart : From Horror to Grace

Anthony Wainwright : The Initial Encounter Nobody wants to be prejudged. This is an...

May 11, 2025

Don’t Kill a Pastor: Save Greg Hunt

The Murder In the early morning hours of August 2, 1988, Karen Lane was...

May 01, 2025

The Execution Intervention Project: On the Cost of Defiance

Sensational headlines don’t lead to deeper truths. Most of the time, they simply lead...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Lisa Jo Chamberlin: Hope for Life in Mississippi

Lisa Jo Chamberlin: Hope for Life in Mississippi On March 20, 2024, Lisa...

April 26, 2025

Michael Bane: An Innocent Man on Death Row in Tennessee

Michael Bane: An Innocent Man on Death Row in Tennessee On November 19,...

April 26, 2025

Ronson Bush

March 2025

March 27, 2025

Jason Stephens, Robert Sparrow III & a Hot Car Accident

Jason Stephens, Robert Sparrow III & a Hot Car Accident Hyperthermia is...

January 2025

January 11, 2025

Poetry is freedom…our freedom. : On Poetry, from Death Row

January 11, 2025 Poetry is freedom. Poetry is our freedom. : On Poetry,...

December 2024

December 23, 2024

Biden Commutes 37 of 40 Federal Death Row Sentences: WTF?

Joe Biden just announced that he is commuting the sentences of a vast majority of...

December 16, 2024

Rev. Clint Dobson, Steven Nelson & Consequences of Vengeance

Even though there are a variety of mitigating circumstances and questionable evidence that Steven...

December 12, 2024

Why isn’t Gary Wayne Sutton home for Christmas?

Why in the hell isn’t Gary Wayne Sutton home for Christmas? Gary...

November 2024

November 11, 2024

First Baptist Arlington Protest for Steven Nelson (Fri 10am)

First Baptist Church of Arlington Protest/Press Conference for Steven Nelson (Friday 11/11 @...

November 09, 2024

Inhale. Exhale.:Breathing Exercises from Death Row

Inhale. Exhale.:Breathing Exercises from Death Row *Steven Nelson is a prisoner on...

November 02, 2024

We know. We are. : Meditation Practices from Death Row

We know. We are. : Meditation Practices from Death Row *Steven Nelson is...

October 2024

October 21, 2024

The Execution of Casey McWhorter/The Only Eyewitness Account

*Casey McWhorter was executed on November 16, 2023. As his spiritual advisor, I...

July 2024

July 09, 2024

The Execution of David Hosier: The Final Full Account

*Earlier today, I released all of my writings on the June 11, 2024 execution...

July 07, 2024

The Execution of Michael Smith: A Full Account from Oklahoma

*Earlier today, I released all of my writings on the April 4, 2024 execution of...

July 02, 2024

The Death Row Spiritual Advisor: A Primer

THE DEATH ROW SPIRITUAL ADVISOR: A PRIMER Beginnings are important. We speak to...

June 2024

June 11, 2024

The Final Visit: Minutes with David Hosier

The Final Visit: Minutes with David Hosier Prisons are all the same. You...