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October 2026

October 10, 2026

GOD Will Wipe Away the Tears from Every Face

"GOD will wipe away the tears from every face." Isaiah 25:8 GOD will wipe away...

August 2026

August 29, 2026

Get Behind Me, Satan: A Death Row Spiritual Advisor’s Sermon

The Passages: Get Behind Me, Satan From that point on, Jesus started making it clear...

August 29, 2026

Rehumanizing Christa Pike: On the Consequences of Evil

I’ve spent my life standing against executions. I’ve known countless people who have been executed....

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....

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...

October 2025

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 02, 2025

Innocence Ignored: Save Lance Shockley

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

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 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 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 28, 2025

Misidentification=Injustice: The Texas Story of Tony Ford

Innocence Taken From Him Tony Ford was just 18. On an evening in December of...

April 26, 2025

Ronson Bush

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 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 @...

August 2024

August 21, 2024

Clemency for Littlejohn! : A Letter to Governor Kevin Stitt

*Text of the above OpEd is below. August 18, 2024 Clemency...

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 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...

June 09, 2024

Nightmare: On the Impending Execution of David Hosier

It's 4:38am. The nightmare is familiar. I’ve just watched one of the guys I’ve...

May 2024

May 17, 2024

DAVID HOSIER is DYING / Who’s “Backing the Blue” Now?

DAVID HOSIER is DYING / Who’s “Backing the Blue” Now? Yesterday, I received a...

May 15, 2024

Emmanuel Littlejohn: The Official Narrative of an Injustice

Through interaction over a number of months, Oklahoma Death Row inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn...

May 01, 2024

The Narrative of David Hosier: A Claim of Innocence

The Narrative of David Hosier: A Claim of Innocence *This edited narrative...

April 2024

April 29, 2024

Pending Execution: Our Commentary from the Book of Jonah

Pending Execution: Commentary from the Book of Jonah David Hosier is scheduled...

April 01, 2024

McAlester, Michael Smith & Jesus

Michael Smith is such a common name. Indeed, there might be a dozen or more...

January 2024

January 04, 2024

A Vision, Dumpsters and Kenneth Smith in Alabama

A Vision, Dumpsters and Kenneth Smith in Alabama Deep in prayer this evening,...

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 31, 2023

Death: The Cost of Conviction: On Kenny Smith, Alabama & Me

Conviction is defined by defiance amid injustice. Of course, conviction is full of dangerous...

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 13, 2023

Spiritual Advisor Sues Alabama Over Nitrogen Execution

On November 17, 2022, Kenneth Smith survived a botched lethal injection execution. Presently, Smith...