Idaho Legislators Reinstate Firing Squads
by Judith Evans — An inmate is strapped to a chair and blindfolded. A white circle is placed on their chest, over the heart. Six...
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- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Idaho Bill Would Hide Identities of Lethal Injection Drug Suppliers
by Judith Evans — Accountability and transparency are key elements in a fair criminal justice system, particularly for the rights of...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
Pitt Fetal Tissue Research: Report Leaves Unanswered Questions
by Judith Evans — The images were horrifying: human infant hairs growing out of rodents’ backs in a University of Pittsburgh laboratory....
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- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
It's Time to Abolish the Death Penalty
by Judith Evans — “Let’s do it.” Those were the last words spoken by Gary Gilmore, moments before his execution by a Utah firing squad on...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Assisted Suicide Capsule Receives Legal Clearance in Switzerland
by Judith Evans — Swiss advocates of assisted suicide are hailing a new invention: a 3-D printed suicide capsule known as “Sarco” — short...
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- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Colombia Clinic Cancels Woman’s Legal Euthanasia
by Judith Evans — In 2018, a Colombian woman named Martha Liria Sepulveda received a frightening diagnosis: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 5 min
Report Cites Fraud and Abuse by Post-9/11 Military Contractors
by Judith Evans — The post-9/11 era has seen a dramatic increase in Pentagon spending, with up to half of those funds going to private...
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- Sep 11, 2021
- 5 min
Torture and the War On Terror
by Judith Evans — Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Extraordinary rendition. Torture. In the years following the attacks of September 11, 2001,...
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- Aug 17, 2021
- 4 min
Disability is Not a Crime: Preventing Police Violence Towards People with Mental Illness
by Judith Evans — In a year marked by reports of police brutality, two names stood out for mental health advocates in 2020: Daniel Prude...
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