I note the continued letters regarding the death penalty debate. For many years, I was ambivalent, weighing the urge for retributive justice vs. the rare but horrifying thought of executing an ...

In 1970 kidney dialysis was new and few machines were available. Accordingly, there was a triage system to determine who got dialysis and who didn’t — who lived and who died. I knew a family of four.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has repeatedly argued that executions are necessary for closure for those who have lost a beloved person as a result of murder or homicide. She is highly ...

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that the death penalty should be rescinded. Part of my thinking has been used extensively: the lack of evidence that the death penalty actually is a deterrent ...