Back in March, I wrote: The tradition I come from has a lot to say about mercy. About the image of God present in every human being. About what it means to stand before judgment and find grace on the other side. But the church has been largely silent on what happens when the state… Continue reading Silence as Structure: What the Church Has Been Allowing
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Before America Could Execute Women
It Had to Decide Which Women Were Women America has never been entirely comfortable executing women. Not because women are incapable of violence.Not because the legal system is merciful. But because female execution disrupts something deeper in the American imagination. Before the state can kill a woman, it often has to make her something else… Continue reading Before America Could Execute Women
On (In)justice 