The articles and reports below shed light on the truths that were buried beneath headlines and courtroom language.
Each piece is part of a larger story — of failure, silence, and the price of looking away.
Lisa Montgomery’s case was not an anomaly; it was the inevitable outcome of a system that punishes trauma instead of healing it.
Read these not as distant news, but as the record of what happens when mercy is denied — and humanity forgotten.
Lisa Montgomery Suffered Years of Abuse and Trauma. The United States Killed Her Anyway
We talked with defense lawyer Kelley Henry about her client’s death, and the future of the capital punishment.
Read this excellent article that appeared in The Rolling Stone
The Supreme Court Was Complicit In Donald Trump’s Execution Spree
Instead of acting as a safeguard, SCOTUS rubber-stamped the administration’s killings, sidestepping issues fundamental to the legality of the death penalty.
Huffington Post article…
A $6,300 Bus. A $33 Last Meal. What New Documents Tell Us About Trump’s Execution Spree
Feds spent millions to restart the death penalty and in the process revealed much about how they do it.
Read the article on The Marshall Project….
When an I.Q. Score Is a Death Sentence
The Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional to execute intellectually disabled people. On Thursday, we’re set to do it anyway.
Read the New York Times article…
The Death Penalty: How many countries have it.
Definitely NOT a proud and respectful list to be on.
Read the facts from the BBC
Countries that have abolished the death penalty since 1976.
Now, this is the list we could be proud to be a part of!
See the chart.
More than 70% of the world’s countries have abolished capital punishment in law or practice.
The U.S. is an outlier among its close allies in its continued use of the death penalty.
Learn more on the Death Penalty Information Center.
How could bloodthirsty execution of Lisa Montgomery ever amount to justice?
Did Attorney General William Barr, only recently honored at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast for his “Christlike behavior,” even flinch when ordering that a Kansas woman will be murdered in our name on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?
Read Melinda Henneberger’s article in the Kansas City Star
Kansan Lisa Montgomery will soon be executed. She ‘never had a chance’ — or a friend
Another of Melinda Henneberger’s thought provoking writing…
The Tortured Life And Tragic Crime Of The Only Woman On Death Row
In Trump’s final days in office, Lisa Montgomery — a mentally ill victim of sex trafficking — is set to be the first woman the U.S. executes in 70 years.
Read the article in Huffington Post
Bearing witness is a sacred act. It asks us to look, even when it hurts — and to love, even when the world has forgotten how.
May the truth told here become a seed of mercy, growing into something the world can no longer ignore.