The jury, the death penalty, and James Holmes
It was a bit of a shock twist yesterday, August 7, when the jury in State of Colorado v. James Holmes failed to turn over a required unanimous verdict in any of...
Category: Capital punishment
Revisiting capital punishment
It’s been a little over four years since I last wrote about capital punishment (i.e. the “death penalty”). There really isn’t a lot to b...
Teresa Lewis
In case you haven’t been reading the news, Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis, age 41, was executed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia on September 23, ...
Commentary on capital punishment
I am in favor of capital punishment. I will say that up front: I’m in favor of the death penalty. I’ve been in favor of it all my life; it’s not something that ...