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June 2026

June 06, 2026

Dusty Spencer, Our Daily Bread & A Florida Execution

Our Daily Bread I don't agree with Our Daily Bread about everything. Maybe not even...

May 2026

May 01, 2026

The Institute for Death Row Correspondence / Launching May 5

The Institute for Death Row Correspondence launches May 5, 2026, at 9 PM Eastern

March 2026

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...

December 2025

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....

November 2025

November 27, 2025

Harold “Red” Nichols’ & The Final Thanksgiving on Death Row

The Final Gathering Before Death Watch : Harold “Red” Nichols and Friends As soon as...

May 2025

May 05, 2025

The Loneliest Woman in Mississippi: Lisa Jo Chamberlin

Death Row, Mississippi- Each morning, Lisa Jo Chamberlin wakes up alone in her tiny...

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 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,...

January 2025

January 02, 2025

We paint…therefore we’re free. : On Painting, from Death Row

. We paint…therefore we're free. : On Painting, from Death Row *Steven Nelson...

November 2024

November 02, 2024

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

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

February 2024

February 23, 2024

Parable of the Barren Fig Tree on Death Row: Hood & Johnson

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree on Death Row: Jeff Hood & Bart...

January 2024

January 07, 2024

Wineskins bust. : Parables from Death Row : Hood & Johnson

Wineskins bust.: Parables from Death Row: Hood & Johnson Bart Johnson, Prisoner on Alabama’s...

January 02, 2024

Parable of the Rock from Death Row: Jeff Hood & Bart Johnson

The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood, Death Row Spiritual Advisor Bart Johnson, Prisoner on Alabama’s...

December 2023

December 21, 2023

Parable of the Weeds on Death Row: Jeff Hood & Bart Johnson

Parable of the Weeds on Death Row: Jeff Hood & Bart Johnson The...

December 02, 2023

The Near-Death Experience of a Death Row Inmate: Michael Bane

The Near-Death Experience of a Death Row Inmate: Michael Bane All things...

November 2023

November 06, 2023

“Strength” : Systematic Theology from Death Row : (Casey McWhorter & Jeff Hood)

"Strength" : Systematic Theology from Death Row : (Casey McWhorter & Jeff Hood) ...

November 06, 2023

Michael Bane: Death Row Feminist

Michael Bane: Death Row Feminist Truth. What is it? How does it...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

“Stop being nice. Jesus raised hell!”: OK Death Row Inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn on John 2:13-17

“Stop being nice. Jesus raised hell!”: OK Death Row Inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn on John...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

The Emmanuel Littlejohn Tapes: A Summary

February 16, 2023 The Emmanuel Littlejohn Tapes: A Summary *This...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

Scott Eizember: A Petition for Prayer/Action

November 27, 2022 Dear Colleague. My name is Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood and I...

October 2022

October 22, 2022

Rigged: On the Partiality of the (a) Death Qualified Jury (or why Scott Eizember shouldn’t be executed by Oklahoma in January)

October 22, 2022 Rigged: On the Partiality of the (a) Death Qualified Jury (or...

October 09, 2022

SAVE ANTHONY SANCHEZ! : a Choctaw Man about to be Executed on Choctaw Land

*I constructed this letter to the editor for Indigenous People's Day (October 10). It was...

October 05, 2022

The Executioner. : On the Executioners of John Ramirez

The Executioner. : On the Executioners of John Ramirez Tonight, John...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

There’s a Snake Loose in Oklahoma named Pastor Scott Williams

Prosperity theology teaches that those who follow God are automatically blessed with abundance. Like there...

June 2022

June 04, 2022

A Concise Theology of Love. (7 of 7. Love is not…): Death Row Ruminations (Thoughts from an Extended Dialogue with Keith LaMar)

This concise theology of love was constructed by The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood (Dean,...

June 04, 2022

A Concise Theology of Love. (6 of 7. Free): Death Row Ruminations (Thoughts from an Extended Dialogue with Keith LaMar)

This concise theology of love was constructed by The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood (Dean, The...

June 04, 2022

A Concise Theology of Love. (5 of 7. Maximum): Death Row Ruminations (Thoughts from an Extended Dialogue with Keith LaMar)

This concise theology of love was constructed by The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood (Dean,...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

A Concise Theology of Love. (2 of 7. Beware): Death Row Ruminations (Thoughts from an Extended Dialogue with Keith LaMar)

This concise theology of love was constructed by The Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood (Dean,...

May 03, 2022

A Concise Theology of Love.: Death Row Ruminations (1 of 7. Keith LaMar & Jeff Hood)

A Concise Theology of Love.: Death Row Ruminations (Keith LaMar & Jeff Hood) ...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

A Tale of Two Pictures: An Interaction with Carman Deck, Scheduled to Be Executed in Missouri on May 3, 2022

April 30, 2022 A Tale of Two Pictures: An Interaction with Carman...