Gallup Poll—Fewer than Half of Americans, a New Low, Believe Death Penalty is Applied Fairlydeathpenaltyinfo.org - rdunham Fewer than half of Americans now believe the death penalty is fairly applied in the United States, according to the 2018 annual Gallup crime poll of …
“Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital PunishmentThe New Yorker - Lacy M. JohnsonIn January of 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became a pen pal to Elmo Patrick Sonnier, a death-row inmate who had been convicted, with his brother, of abducting a teen-age couple from a lover’s lane, raping
Supreme Court Grapples With Planned Execution of Convicted Killer With DementiaThe Wall Street Journal. - Jess BravinCase involves 68-year-old inmate whose mental deterioration leaves him no memory of his crime; one justice sees impact on America’s aging death row WASHINGTON—An attorney for Alabama told the Supreme on
Abolish the death penaltyThe Washington Post - ColumnistWithout being aware of it, Vernon Madison might become a footnote in constitutional law because he is barely aware of anything. For more than 30 years, Alabama, with a tenacity that deserves a better has
114: Hannah Cox on Abolishing the Death Penaltysocietyandthestate.com Concern over the death penalty isn’t just limited to bleeding hearts and liberals. It’s not a matter of coddling criminals. DNA evidence and other …
Do You Support the Death Penalty?newsmax.com - Hannah Cox There are few policies that inspire a faster response. In fact, I’m betting your own answer has already sprung into your mind. Growing up as a …
Fentanyl and the Death Penaltythecrimereport.org - By Stephen Bitsoli | September 25, 2018 Even as law enforcement tries to reduce the number of deaths attributed to the super-opioid fentanyl, some states are trying to increase them through …
State of Indiana argues for secrecy amid challenges to execution by lethal injectionindystar.com - Mark Alesia It's becoming increasingly difficult for states to execute prisoners by lethal injection, a reality reflected in a legal debate currently unfolding …
Top Vatican diplomat calls for universal abolition of death penaltyamericamagazine.org - Anne Condodina - Catholic News Service September 27, 2018 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without …
AMA to Supreme Court: Doctor participation in executions unethicalama-assn.org - American Medical Association Anesthesiologist Joel Zivot, MD, says he won’t give Missouri officials an opinion on which execution method might result in the lowest risk of severe …
Republicans aim to end America’s death penaltysanquentinnews.com The death penalty is dying in the United States, and surprisingly, a large number of Republicans are contributing to its demise, according to a …
Pope Francis leads on the death penalty, and conservatives should followwashingtonexaminer.com - Tyler Grant Pope Francis has altered Catholic teaching by declaring the death penalty an attack on human dignity. The Vatican is correct and conservative …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Shane Claiborne: Christians are why the death penalty lives onreligionnews.com - G. Jeffrey MacDonald (RNS) — Wherever Christians are most concentrated in America is where the death penalty has flourished.The post Shane Claiborne: Christians are why …
Pope Francis changes Catholic Church teaching to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’The Washington Post - By Chico HarlanROME — Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching to fully reject the death penalty, the Vatican announced Thursday, saying it would work to abolish capital punishment worldwide. The revision to
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Opinion | Death penalty's toll on state's executionerscommercialappeal.com The criminal justice system is divided into three distinct but equally important components -- law enforcement, courts and corrections. There is no …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo New Conservative Voices Criticize Death Penalty as an 'Inept, Biased and Corrupt' Big Government Policydeathpenaltyinfo.org - cmadvig Calling the death penalty a wasteful "big government" policy that is "inept, biased, and corrupt," a libertarian think tank and a New Orleans …
The Libertarian Case Against the Death Penaltylibertarianism.org - by Ben Jones For many years, the death penalty has divided libertarians. Recently, however, a number of high-profile figures in the liberty movement have …
Jurors spare life of gang member. He didn’t pull trigger, but will spend life in prisonmiamiherald.com - By Charles Rabin Frantzy Jean-Marie, a suspected gang member convicted last month of killing a confidential informant and his girlfriend 15 years ago, had his life …
'Last Defense' Subject Julius Jones to Get New Hearing Following ABC DocumentaryTheWrap - Tony Maglio In 2002, the 21-year-old Jones was convicted of murdering Paul Howell in 1999 car-jacking gone wrong ABC’s “The Last Defense” is living up to its name …
Court upholds decision barring pastor/judge from death penalty casesbaptistnews.com A three-judge panel of federal appeals court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit testing the boundary between religious liberty and judicial restraint. The …
IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sportsindystar.com - Holly V. Hays and , Vic Ryckaert The trial date for the man accused of killing Boone County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Pickett has been moved back more than two years. A judge has …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo If You Hate Big Government, You Should Oppose the Death Penaltyfee.org - Patrick Hauf In Texas, a death penalty case costs about $2.3 million, which is nearly three times the cost of one prisoner’s 40-year sentence in a single cell …
It’s time to get rid of the death penalty in Texas, by Joe Moodytribtalk.org - By Joe Moody, July 11, 2018 As a legislator, I often struggle to decide what I should do, what I can do, and most of all, why I should do it. The answers are frequently …
Death sentences becoming increasingly rare in Georgiamyajc.com - Local The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday did something it once did on a fairly routine basis but now hardly ever does: It heard a death-penalty appeal. It …
Conservative group slams effort to reinstate death penalty in Illinoisilnews.org - Scot Bertram A national organization is criticizing Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to reinstate the death penalty for certain crimes in Illinois. Heather Beaudoin is …
All serious criminal cases deserve podcast-style scrutinybaltimoresun.com - Elizabeth Vartkessian Listening to the true crime podcast In the Dark, produced by American Public Media, has been a frustrating experience. Season two, which has been …
Sister Helen Prejean's Twitter account is proof that the world still has good in itMashable - Heather DockrayCaring people in 2018 spend a lot of time alternating between rage and total dissociation. Personally, there's nothing I love more than watching my soul stand outside my broken little body while it reads
Anti-death penalty resolution builds on church’s advocacy in wake of Arkansas executionsepiscopalnewsservice.org - lwilson The Rev. Allison Liles, executive director of Episcopal Peace Fellowship, testifies July 9 in favor of an anti-death penalty resolution before …
