Missouri's execution chamber in Bonne Terre. Gabriel B. Tait/Post-Dispatch
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon soon must decide whether to spare the life of a man on death row — or give the execution the green light. It’s the second time in less…
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (John L. White|Post-Dispatch)
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is no stranger to the death penalty. Through 16 years as state attorney general, he and his staff pursued death sentences in a long list of criminal cases. It was part…
Illinois death chamber under construction at Tamm prison (1998)
A few freewheeling criminal defense lawyers and experts-for-hire appear to be living large on the public dime in Illinois. That’s nothing new, but the fact that they’re capitalizing on capital punishment is disturbing.
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Man seemingly has endless capacity to engage in acts of the most grotesque inhumanity, and is especially adept at physical and emotional cruelty and brutality to the weak and powerless.
Child rape — hardly a rare occurence in this nation — is…
