The Execution That Will Make History: After Three Decades on Death Row, Tennessee Prepares to Execute Its First Woman in Two Centuries

whether a society is better served by the absolute finality of the state’s ultimate punishment, or by the mercy of life imprisonment. Does time, when spent behind bars, change the nature of the offender, or is the weight of a crime so heavy that it remains immutable regardless of how many decades have elapsed? By focusing on Pike, the state of Tennessee continue reading …