Death row inmates in Alabama are human guinea pigs
Alabama’s last execution may have burned a man alive because the “consciousness assessment” it administers is about as scientific as
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Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 and 2015. He has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and overseas. He writes full-time and lives in Woodland Hills, California. His twitter is: @SteveCooperEsq
Author: Stephen Cooper
Alabama puts limits on death row defense lawyers
Only law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and members of the media can have phones, paper, pens or pencils handy when Alabama
Read moreSolitary Confinement saps our country’s collective conscience
Over 125 years ago, in a death penalty case called In re Medley, 134 U.S. 160, 170-71 (1890), the United
Read moreHolman Prison in Alabama is Hell on Earth
Since opening its doors on December 15, 1969, Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, has been a
Read morePlease, posthumously pardon Marcus Garvey
Early this week, The Gleaner, Jamaica’s oldest and most respected daily newspaper, reported on that country’s continuing efforts to pave the way for
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