A friend of mine has just been made a High Court judge. Among the majestic paraphernalia that he has had to acquire—the scarlet robes, the wigs full-bottomed and otherwise, the pressed white gloves, ...

I t’s been 57 years since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated for preaching a gospel of nonviolence, redemption, and mercy. Like me, he opposed the death penalty — not out of ...

The death penalty is costly. “More than $4 million has been spent with the results being no death penalty sentences and zero executions.” Racial bias infects capital prosecutions. “The factors which ...

TALLAHASSEE — A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend execution has resulted in a “quintessential game of chance” for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state ...