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Execution
October 13, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pentagon Archbishop Urges Soldiers Not to Participate in Execution
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the event.
October 12, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Secretly Pulls 180 on Pete Hegseth’s Plans for Public Execution
The Defense secretary is ready to go. But the president is getting the ick.
October 12, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Even Mike Johnson Thinks Livestreaming an Execution Is Going Too Far
The House speaker is breaking with Donald Trump’s top advisers on this.
October 12, 2026
Michael Tomasky
If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation
The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.
October 8, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Pentagon Will Livestream Military Firing Squad Execution
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Nidal Hasan’s execution should be watched by everyone.
September 15, 2025
Steve Kennedy
How the Supreme Court Turned Trump Into a Danger to Everyone
The administration’s decision to launch an attack against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean is a lawless act—or at least it used to be.
December 4, 2015
Jonah Cohen
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Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe
Saudi Arabia’s Depraved Justice
A Sri Lankan housemaid is soon to be stoned to death, as the world turns a blind eye.
March 25, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
There Is No Such Thing as a Humane Execution
Utah is bringing back the firing squad—but we should be debating the death penalty itself
May 5, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
The Three-Drug Death Penalty Cocktail is a Mess
October 22, 2013
Clare Algar
Big Pharma May Help End the Death Penalty
Boycotts don't work against Texas executioners. But they could hurt pharmaceutical firms that make execution drugs.
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