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Jun 7, 20213 min read

Bullets or Zyklon B? States Bring Back Brutal Execution Methods

by Sophie Trist — Even as support for capital punishment reaches its lowest point in forty years, some states are so eager to kill their...

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May 30, 20212 min read

Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional in Malawi

by Rana Irby — The death penalty has now been ruled unconstitutional in the African nation of Malawi. In a monumental decision made this...

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May 13, 20213 min read

Innocence and the Death Penalty

by Sophie Trist — In April of 2017, the state of Arkansas likely executed an innocent man. Recently-tested evidence from the 1993 murder...

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Apr 28, 20212 min read

Racial Disparities in the Death Penalty

by Julia Smucker — In 1998, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released an extensive report demonstrating “the infectious...

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Feb 9, 20214 min read

The Rich Historical Tradition of Black Anti-Death Penalty Activism

by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...

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Jan 29, 20213 min read

7 Ways to Support Life After the Virtual March for Life

by Jacob Baugher — With the March For Life going fully virtual this year, for the very first time, many pro-life advocates are unsure of...

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Jan 27, 20216 min read

The Trump Administration’s Killing Spree

by Katherine Noble — Though the Biden-Harris administration has now taken on the task of running the American government, our country...

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Jan 20, 20214 min read

Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration

by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...

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Dec 2, 20203 min read

How A Novel Changed My Mind on the Death Penalty

by Sophie Trist — Like most American teenagers, I didn't spend much time thinking about the death penalty. The few times capital...

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Oct 2, 20203 min read

Amy Coney Barrett on Life Issues

by Grace Aquilina — As of September 26th, Amy Coney Barrett is the Supreme Court nominee to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....

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Dec 10, 20193 min read

Rodney Reed’s fight is not over

by Stephanie Hauer — All human beings deserve justice, and our country has enshrined in its legislation the right for a fair trial. Even...

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May 30, 20192 min read

An Open Letter to Governor Kay Ivey

By Maria Oswalt — Dear Governor Ivey, As a pro-life woman who was born and raised in Alabama I have a deep and complicated love for my...

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Jan 15, 20183 min read

Building Consistent Activism for Life

I didn’t really understand what the March for Life was the first time I went. To be fair, I was five. My dad has been to every March for...

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Jul 26, 20173 min read

A Texan’s Take on the Death Penalty and the Case of Taichin Preyor

Texans love the fact that they’re from Texas. Walk down the streets of any small town in Texas, stop someone and ask them why the love...

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Jul 17, 20175 min read

A Response to the Execution of William Morva: from a Virginian

I am a very proud and enthusiastic Virginian. In my free time, I enjoy getting into arguments about how it is by far the superior of the...

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Jun 10, 20133 min read

Facing a Common Christian Argument in Support of the Death Penalty

BY AIMEE MURPHY This'll be a brief little treatise. I don't have a whole lot of time before I leave for DC for a couple of days. But...

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May 27, 20132 min read

Arias & Castro: Women & Men & the Death Penalty

BY AIMEE MURPHY "Juries are a little more reluctant to mete out the death penalty to a woman than a man," Andy Silverman, a law professor...

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Apr 12, 20132 min read

Take the High Road, Pro-Lifers

BY NICHOLAS NEAL Late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell is standing trial for eight counts of murder: seven of which are first-degree...

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Dec 20, 20113 min read

A Preemptive Death Penalty

BY NICHOLAS NEAL During a discussion of abortion, one of my classmates -- a political progressive -- stated that abortion was needed in...

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Dec 20, 20112 min read

Commentary on the Davis and Brewer Executions

BY NICHOLAS NEAL On September 21, 2011, Troy Davis was executed after failing to appeal to the Supreme Court for a 22-year death row case...

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