Alabama’s governor and the pro-life cult of death
In July, Governor Kay Ivey resumed executions in her state of Alabama. They had been on hold since 2022 when several botched procedures prompted a review. The state concluded that…
Capital Punishment
The Year of the Botched Execution
There was never anything going for it, except political mileage and the desire for crude retribution. The putting to death of another human being by the legal sanction of a…
Normal Butcheries: Saudi Arabia’s Latest Mass Execution
Great reformers are not normally found in theocratic monarchies. Despite assertions to the contrary, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains archaic in the way it deals with its opponents. In…
The Hangman’s Noose
Does the death penalty work ? Or is it an anachronism which is long past its “use by” date ? But still continues to remain in use ? According to…
Death by lethal injection: An inhumane way to die
Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders – Albert Camus What could be worse than death? The answer perhaps would be to know exactly when one is going to…
Capital punishment, armed conflicts and terrorist actions amidst Coronavirus
When I read the news that the four men who were found guilty of the horrific rape crime in Delhi in 2012 were hanged to death in a Delhi prison,…
Death Penalty And The Anti-Thesis Of It
There is always a debate on whether capital punishment, to be specific death penalty, should be abolished or retained for ordinary crimes. In my opinion, it should be abolished. In…
A note on Capital Punishment
It is predicted by many that the societies with greater differentiation and specialization are less prone to executions. Contrary to this assumption, it has been shown that societies with greater…
Glossip v. Gross: the Eighth Amendment and the Torture Court of the United States
On June 29, 2015 the United States Supreme Court argued in Glossip v. Grossthat executions may continue with the use of lethal drug cocktails including the use of midazolam, an extremely…
Egyptian Kangaroo Court sentences 75 pro-Morsi protesters to death
An Egyptian Kangaroo Court Saturday (July 28) sentenced 75 supporters of the former President Mohammad Morsi to death. Egyptian Kangaroo courts are on death sentences spree since the overthrow of…
Forty Brazilians and a Petition: Meaning for Activists with Caryl Chessman in Mind
Echoes of Caryl Chessman have been present at every death penalty and execution in the United States since he was delivered to the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison on…
917 Egyptians Sentenced To Death Since 2013 Coup
An Egyptian Court sentenced eight people to death Tuesday and 50 others to life in prison for their role in a case known as the storming of Helwan Police…
The Hangman And The Noose
Sun! Don't rise like a scaffold ..! Let the darkness engulfed like the dark cloth round the neck Of the victim clear itself .... Sun! Don't rise till the gallows…
Collective (Conscience) Killer
President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee rejected five more mercy petitions between 25th and 26th May, 2017. With his current rejections, he has achieved 42 rejections and seven acceptances of…
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