Since I’ve covered the death penalty on this blog quite a bit, here’s a little public service announcement: Pop-culture blogger extraordinaire Alyssa Rosenberg is going to be hosting an ongoing series on the death penalty in film and literature and television at her blog. It kicks off on October 19th. You can get a full [...]
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In recent years, the number of people executed in America has plummeted: Crime has fallen dramatically in the same time period. Will Wilkinson points out that modernity has brought about a number of similar moral shifts, and concludes: In the face of such a decisive trend in moral culture, we can say a couple different [...]
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“Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders.” ~ Albert Camus After a last minute delay of the execution of Troy Davis, the US Supreme Court refused to grant Davis a stay of execution. The state of Georgia killed Davis at 11:08 PM tonight. Davis was convicted for the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman. [...]
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Over at Crooks and Liars, karoli has some personal thoughts about the death of his (her?) grandfather, and the shoddy police work that may have led to the conviction of the wrong man in that case. Mostly, though, it is a post about doubt: If I have these doubts, these deep doubts that I was [...]
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Troy Davis is set to be executed for a crime he did not commit next Wednesday, September 21st. Charing Ball thinks it’s time for Obama to speak up on the Davis case, and plea for clemency. Certainly the decent thing for any politician – and especially the president – to do at this point would [...]
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Troy Davis may not be guilty of the police shooting that he was convicted of in 1991, but that hasn’t stopped Georgia scheduling his execution for September 21st. The Innocence Project explains how you can help save a man’s life: Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed next week in Georgia for a murder he [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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