Why Nidal Hasan’s Execution Demands A Public Witness
Capital punishment rarely makes the news for long. Until the last two weeks. Public controversies around the death penalty originally arose as a response to the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. In a column I wrote for N
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Capital punishment rarely makes the news for long. Until the last two weeks.
Public controversies around the death penalty originally arose as a response to the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. In a column I wrote for National Review, I criticized the way that the modern state practices capital punishment — both in ...
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