Death Penalty Lottery

The Death Penalty Lottery (and Mississippi Prison Update) Dear All, Yesterday, the State of Alabama executed Nathaniel Woods, while Tennessee and Texas are gearing up for a whole series of executions. At the same time, Colorado is just inches away from abolishing capital punishment. Take a look at my latest blog post, “The Death Penalty […]

The Death Penalty Lottery

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis has announced he will sign a state bill to abolish capital punishment. Lawmakers in Colorado decided to end the death penalty because it was expensive, arbitrary, rarely used, and risked the execution of the innocent.  It is also unnecessary. Offenders who commit murder can be sentenced to other severe penalties, such […]