Death Penalty

Ten days before her birthday, on January 3rd, 2023, Amber McLaughlin became the first transgender woman executed in Missouri. The 49-year-old declared, per her last words before the fatal lethal injection, that she was sorry for her actions and a “loving and caring person.” But it’s safe to say that…

I am not up with the literature on the morality of the death penalty, but I created my own argument for why it is bad. IV.6 The death penalty, punishment, and value 1. The death penalty is the perfect case for the study of value. There is little careful weighing…

Sawing people in half upside down use to be the thing for us. Now we have 27 states with the death penalty who I sometimes would like them to use this method. Then we have the weak states saying he could be innocent. …

In my contention, Death Penalty has no place in the modern world. It is a reprehensible and morally indefensible act. It is a symptom of a culture of violence, not a solution to it. The Death Penalty needs to be eliminated from our judicial systems due to the following reasons: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION …

In a chilling turn of events, the case of Lori Vallow has taken a dramatic twist as she faces extradition to Arizona for her alleged involvement in a proxy murder. The disappearance and tragic deaths of her two children have already captivated the nation’s attention, but now the spotlight shifts…

The Disappearance of Laci Peterson — Hey there, fellow murderinos! It’s your BFF Rachel Rivers, back with another twisted tale of murder and mayhem. Buckle up, because we’re going deep into the dark side of humanity. And you know what they say: the only thing scarier than real life is… well, nothing, really. …

“Remember not to turn your back on poetry, on songs, on your loved ones, on your dreams.” — On May 9, 2010, the Islamic Republic executed in secret five people: Farzad Kamangar, Shirin Alam Hooli, Mehdi Eslamian, Ali Heydarian, and Farhad Vakili. These murders took place a year after I had joined the Iranian revolution in the summer of 2009. …

Trigger Warning: Murder of a newborn child. — Taylor Rene Parker was sentenced to death for committing one of the most deplorable acts known to many. Not only did she murder a pregnant woman and rip 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock’s infant daughter from her stomach with a scalpel in hand, only for the infant to later die. Before the…

“Should the killer live? The victim never had a choice.” — Martyparty wrote this story as a school assignment. The inspiration and the quote in the title are taken from a distributed reading material. Martyparty is the author’s 14-year-old daughter, who enjoys writing and wants to share her story with Medium’s readers. The assignment debates for and against capital punishment. Capital punishment I…