Post Tagged with: "judicial executions"

by Laura Giunta The secrecy surrounding the death penalty in Japan is an egregious encroachment of basic human rights. Even proponents of the death penalty should support reform. Imagine you sit on death row.  You live in an isolated cell, where you are forbidden to speak to other inmates.  The […]

by Marc Hyden Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty is a national network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles. We came together to shatter the myth that conservatives blindly support the death penalty, as well as to create a forum to network and to speak […]

by Matthew Cavedon My friend and colleague Ryan Mulvey rests his recent defense of the death penalty on the theory of retribution. The punishment of a criminal, he writes, “must fit his crime; this could even mean the loss of his life.” That’s not the way retribution actually works in […]

by Ryan Mulvey Should a pro-life activist be equally concerned with ending capital punishment as he is with prohibiting abortion?  Ultimately, one who cares to protect the fundamental right to life can consistently support the death penalty. In fact, respect for life may demand a retributive theory of justice that […]