Tag: Death Penalty
Connecticut and the Death Penalty, a Faith-Based Perspective
The forthcoming issue of Practical Matters (Issue 5: Violence and Peace, release date May 4, 2012), features my interview with the Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist ... Read More
The Death Penalty and Innocence by Zachary Bailes
Every day I read The New York Times. Feverishly I flip through the pages, catching up on "all the news that's fit to print." Reading the news and learning about current events helps me more deeply und... Read More
What We Could Have Done
That the band R.E.M.’s break-up and Troy Davis’ highly controversial state mandated execution would have taken place on the same day is probably an interesting coincidence to no one but... Read More
Finding Hope in a Society That Executed “Troy Davis”
Yesterday a brother named Troy Davis was executed for supposedly killing a police officer over 20 years ago. Though seven out of nine witnesses recanted their statements he was still executed. Over th... Read More