Near the end of September, coverage of the death penalty by the media expanded as the scheduled dates of multiple executions approached. Activists in states where these executions were scheduled did the best that they could to rally opposition, but the executions went forward, nonetheless. While supporting and promoting the efforts of abolitionists in other…

Taking part in a struggle to stop an execution from happening is brutal. This was my first time experiencing it. The state marched on towards a man’s death with such indifference, unswayed by public interest and legal doubt. Even the due process of another American in another state was not enough to stop it. To…