Dead Reckoning Dead Reckoning
A world effort to force an end to the US death penalty is gaining strength.
Jul 27, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Death on the Installment Plan Death on the Installment Plan
In Terre Haute, the effects of one execution are only the beginning.
Jul 12, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Shainin
Death and Disparity Death and Disparity
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Jun 15, 2001 / Editorial / David Cole
McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death
Strange as it may seem, Timothy McVeigh and George W. Bush shared the same analysis of McVeigh's execution Monday morning, June 11, in Terre Haute. The Oklahoma City bomber, inton...
Jun 14, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
No Vengeance, No Justice No Vengeance, No Justice
Now that Timothy McVeigh has been executed, I suppose we're all supposed to stop talking about it--to "enjoy closure," a bit like the election. But McVeigh's execution wa...
Jun 14, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
McVeigh: Done to Death McVeigh: Done to Death
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Jun 12, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
‘Moral’ Execution ‘Moral’ Execution
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Jun 6, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
McVeigh’s Last Message McVeigh’s Last Message
There is probably no punishment more painful to Timothy McVeigh than the great joke just played by the cosmos. In his fantasy life McVeigh has fancied himself a sort of stoic samu...
May 17, 2001 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
Covenant With Death Covenant With Death
The death penalty needs to be thought through by liberals, and its acceptance or rejection cannot be á la carte.
Apr 26, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
McVeigh’s Last Mile McVeigh’s Last Mile
Attorney General John Ashcroft says he does not want Timothy McVeigh to "inject more poison into our culture"--a striking statement, given the method of McVeigh's execution. Accor...
Apr 19, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors