Death Penalty

A Troubling Sentence A Troubling Sentence

UPDATE, January 14

Jan 7, 2002 / Feature / Bob Burtman

Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning

A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.

Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Death on the Installment Plan Death on the Installment Plan

In Terre Haute, the effects of one execution are only the beginning.

Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Shainin

Death and Disparity Death and Disparity

To write a letter on behalf of Juan Raul Garza, as well as the other prisoners currently on state and federal death row, visit our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 15, 2001 / David Cole

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

Strange as it may seem, Timothy McVeigh and George W. Bush shared the same analysis of McVeigh's execution Monday morning, June 11, in Terre Haute. The Oklahoma City bomber, inton...

Jun 14, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

No Vengeance, No Justice No Vengeance, No Justice

Now that Timothy McVeigh has been executed, I suppose we're all supposed to stop talking about it--to "enjoy closure," a bit like the election. But McVeigh's execution wa...

Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 12, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution

For more information, see our Death Row Roll Call.

Jun 6, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

McVeigh’s Last Message McVeigh’s Last Message

There is probably no punishment more painful to Timothy McVeigh than the great joke just played by the cosmos. In his fantasy life McVeigh has fancied himself a sort of stoic samu...

May 17, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Covenant With Death Covenant With Death

The death penalty needs to be thought through by liberals, and its acceptance or rejection cannot be á la carte.

Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

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