How to Kill a Man

What is the best way to kill a man with the least effort on our part and that would give him the quickest, most painless, end — while saving us the most money?

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Taking the Mechanism Out of Man

In 1931, George Orwell wrote a magnificent essay simply entitled, “A Hanging.” That piece is a hauntingly simple story of a prison execution.  There is no fantasy in the dying and we are made real and substantial witnesses.

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California Gives Manson More Life

What’s wrong with California? Last week the state released an updated mug shot of Charles Manson for the world to ponder and pick on:

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Death Penalty Activist Spying in Maryland

Is apologizing enough?

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A Killer Confesses and Denies

Robert Zarinksy — New Jersey’s first murder conviction without a body — is dead.

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