by Michael Chancellor | Dec 29, 2021 | Opinion
I spent nearly six years leading the mental health department at the Allan B. Polunsky Maximum Security Prison in east Texas. This prison housed “death row” (DR), as well as a significant number of offenders in administrative segregation (AdSeg), more widely referred...
by Brett Harris | Dec 16, 2021 | Opinion
I was really looking forward to this Christmas season. Our church was going to be returning to worship in our sanctuary and gathering for Sunday school in-person for the first time in nearly two years. The excitement around our congregation was palpable. Then, the...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 3, 2021 | News
A slight majority (54%) of U.S. adults support the death penalty, according to a Gallup report published Nov. 19. This rate is essentially unchanged in recent years – declining two points since 2018 – and it is the lowest level of support since 1972 when 50% affirmed...
by Fred Guttman | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
The former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court was convinced to oppose the death penalty. This was more than 15 years ago and resulted from the efforts I and others carried out to educate people about why the death penalty was problematic, ineffective...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 14, 2021 | News
A majority (60%) of U.S. adults support the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to a Pew Research Center report published June 2. This is down slightly from 2020 when 65% of all respondents favored the death penalty for murder convictions....
