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Super Size Me…To Life!

Nick Gillespie | 10.14.2008 8:43 AM

Is Georgia About to Execute an Innocent Man? (Update and Bump)

Radley Balko | 9.23.2008 6:52 PM

Too Fat To Fry? (i.e., Execute Via Lethal Injection)

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2008 10:43 AM

Think of It As a Lifectomy

Which execution method causes the least discomfort (to the public)?

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2008 7:00 AM

Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2008 3:26 PM

Should the Death Penalty Cover Crimes Other than Murder?

Nick Gillespie | 4.14.2008 7:21 AM

Which Execution Method Causes the Least Discomfort (to the Public)?

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2008 6:36 PM

The Execution State, Not the Death Sentence State

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2007 11:39 AM

Injection Injunction

Are we just one tweak away from the perfect execution method?

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2007 6:30 AM

Should State Executioners Be I.D.'ed?

Nick Gillespie | 6.5.2007 7:47 AM

Where Did Barzan Go?

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2007 3:42 PM

Chicago Man Burns Himself to Death; Despite His Best Efforts, War in Iraq Continues

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2006 11:58 AM

A Kinder, Gentler Execution

We don't want to hurt murderers; we just want to kill them.

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2006 3:10 PM

Killing Me Softly

Is "putting down" a murderer "cruel and unusual"?

Ronald Bailey | 4.28.2006 11:04 AM

Free Radical

Journalist Christopher Hitchens explains why he's no longer a socialist, why moral authoritarianism is on the rise, and what's wrong with anti-globalization protestors.

Rhys Southan | 11.1.2001 12:00 AM

Letters

Reason Staff | 11.1.2001 12:00 AM

McVeigh to Macbeth

The difference between revenge, retribution, and right.

Cathy Young | 7.1.2001 12:00 AM

Common ground on the death penalty

Cathy Young | 6.14.2001 12:00 AM

Can the Death Penalty Be Saved from Its Supporters?

Jonathan Rauch | 7.8.2000 12:00 AM

Crime-Stoppers' Textbooks

Morgan Reynolds | 8.1.1995 12:00 AM

Victimful Crime

Cathy Young | 5.1.1995 12:00 AM

Capital Punishment: No

Lynn Scarlett | 6.1.1990 12:00 AM

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