The Wrong Debate: On Alabama’s New Gas Chamber
As states grapple with how to resume killing, the only debate seems to be over the method.
Bryan Stevenson: The Epitome of the Good Samaritan
He feels deeply and resonates with his clients.
Amazing Grace in the ‘Killing House’
You cannot sever justice from love.
It’s Time to Stop Killing: A Former Tennessee Prison Chaplain on Capital Punishment
JULY 8, 2014 | BY: MICHAEL MCRAY -- I am firmly against capital punishment. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, where the state’s "death row...
My Trip to Death Row
APRIL 30, 2014 | BY: BRIAN BALLARD -- I walked through the gates and had no idea what to expect. As I waited for one gate...
TN Death Row Invites Governor to Pray with Them
APRIL 25, 2014 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Yesterday the men on Tennessee’s death row, 4 of whom have scheduled execution...
HUGE NEWS: Glenn Ford released after 30 years on Death Row
MAR 12, 2014 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- THIS JUST IN… Louisiana Judge orders Glenn Ford to be released after 30 years on death row….
Two Dozen Evangelical Christian Leaders: "Stop Duane Buck's Execution"
NOV 24, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Join the movement to stop the execution of Duane Buck in Texas. Over 80, 000 folks putting our...
Bill Pelke wants the best for his Grandmother's Killer, Paula Cooper
AUGUST 6, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- In 1985, Paula Cooper, then 15, brutally stabbed her Sunday School teacher, Ruth Pelke, 33 times...
EXECUTION HALTED: Willie Jerome Manning
May 8, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Within hours of his scheduled execution, Willie Jerome Manning’s death was stopped. The...