When the Department of Justice floats the idea of bringing back the firing squad, the immediate reaction from a lot of people is predictable: shock, discomfort, and a chorus of “this feels like a step backward.” But let’s be honest for a second. That reaction says more about how we’ve packaged capital punishment in recent…
Breonna Taylor, Broken Chains of Causation, and the Case That Collapsed
Six years after the death of Breonna Taylor, the Justice Department has moved to dismiss the remaining charges against the officers accused of falsifying the warrant used in the raid on her apartment. And if you blinked, you might have missed just how significant that is. This wasn’t just a procedural hiccup or a minor…