Capital Punishment – Red Letter Christians

Buddy Stouffer’s Execution Was the Last of 2021. Will It Be the Last to Be Proved an Error?

January 10, 2022

Death Penalty, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

On Thursday (Dec. 9), Oklahoma executed Bigler “Buddy” Stouffer, a 79-year-old deeply committed Christian who has maintained his innocence since being convicted of murder in 1985. It was the last execution sche...

Buddy Stouffer’s Execution Was the Last of 2021. Will It Be the Last to Be Proved an Error?

Shane Claiborne

December 14, 2021

Death Penalty, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

On Thursday (Dec. 9), Oklahoma executed Bigler “Buddy” Stouffer, a 79-year-old deeply committed Christian who has maintained his innocence since being convicted of murder in 1985. It was the last execution sche...

Julius Jones was spared by a governor who prayed. Let’s all now pray to end the death penalty.

Shane Claiborne

November 23, 2021

Death Penalty, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

The irony cannot be missed. Christians all over the world were praying that a Christian governor would not execute a fellow Christian brother who is almost assuredly innocent.

Overturn Dylann Roof’s Death Sentence — for Me, Not for Him

Sharon Risher

June 2, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Race

Without a death sentence, as I understand, there is just one appeal, after which we never have to hear the killer’s name again.

Christian Faith Leader Sign-On to End the Federal Death Penalty

RLC Editor

May 19, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

Editor's Note: Our friends and co-conspirators at Death Penalty Action have invited Christian Faith Leaders to sign the petition below. You'll also find several resources for taking action following the petitio...

A Former Confederate State Just Voted To Abolish Its Death Penalty

Shane Claiborne

February 6, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

But it’s worth celebrating Virginia, the “home of the Confederacy,” as the first state in the old Confederate South to abolish the death penalty. The two facts are related, because the death penalty cannot be separated from our history of race and slavery in America.

Is Killing Lisa Montgomery the Best Version of Justice We Have?

Shane Claiborne

January 11, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

None of us is above reproach and none of us is beyond redemption. That is a core truth of the Christian faith. And it is a truth that is undermined every time we execute someone.

Being the Other Voice

Chris Brown

October 15, 2020

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

Whatever motivated the shouts and signals from so many vehicles, it became clear to me in that moment that even if I knew nothing else about Jesus, I would rather be with the people of peace gathered on that corner than with the angry masses calling for death.

When Killing Is the Priority

Chris Brown

May 27, 2020

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

How does a state that is reportedly 77% Christian choose to carry out the ritualized killing of a likely innocent man in the middle of a pandemic crisis?