Tag: capital punishment
Jun. 3, 2016
Abolishing capital punishment
A century and a half ago, America came out of slavery. It was perhaps not literally true, as Abraham Lincoln said, that every drop drawn…
Feb. 20, 2015
Gov. Wolf halts death penalty
Feb. 13 was a red-letter day in Pennsylvania. On that day, newly elected Gov. Thomas Wolf declared a moratorium on executions in the Commonwealth. It…
May. 16, 2014
The death penalty is uncivilized
The Japanese are nothing if not stubborn. It took a visit from Hiroo Onoda’s former commanding officer, by then a retired bookseller, to persuade the…
