Last week a federal judge in Alabama ruled that the suffering caused to a prisoner being killed by gas suffocation executions does not rise to the level of being unconstitutional.  The ruling is being appealed, but we know what this means: We must continue to hope and pray for the best, but…

The headlines on Friday blared that the Trump Administration announced a return to the firing squad, but that's just bluster. Much more concerning are the proposed new regulations designed to expedite state executions by cutting access to federal appeals and empowering the U.S. Attorney General to…