Essay competition: "The Death Penalty not only takes away the life of a person strapped to the table,it takes away a little bit of humanity in each of us" - Clint Smith.
To what extent do you agree with this statement? read more on the winning essays for this year’s competition
Death penalty for abortion in the USA: what are the consequences?
Implications to the Death Penalty arising from Donald Trump’s presidency
Why did the US face a surge of executions in 2025?
How the Death Penalty Disproportionately Impacts the Poor
The Trial that Failed Aileen Wuornos
Worthy of a second Chance? - Is rehabilitation more ethically and morally righteous than execution?
Mental Illness, Moral Culpability, and the Death Penalty: The Case of Daryl Atkins
How can age be a determining factor for receiving the death penalty?
Biased jury selection
How does biased jury selection create unfair circumstances for the incarcerated?
Case Spotlight: Robert Roberson - a victim of ‘junk science’?
Should the courts be more cautious taking into account mitigating circumstances to avoid the sentencing of the innocent?
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister set to receive the death penalty: What happens next?
For her crimes against humanity, is it just for Sheikh Hasina to receive the death penalty?
Case Spotlight: Cameron Todd Willingham
Case Spotlight: The execution of Cameron Todd Willingham
Morality and the Death Penalty: Saudi Arabia
In 2025, Saudi Arabia recorded the largest amount of executions in its history, 347, for the second consecutive year. With sharia law deeply entrenched in the nation, serving as the exclusive foundation of its legal system, it opens the conversation relating to morality and the death penalty. Particularly, how Saudi Arabia’s application of Sharia Law departs at times from moral and religious consistency.
Racial and Gendered Disparities in Death Penalty Sentencing
How do race and gender affect Death Penalty sentencing?
Death Penalty Mitigation: Purpose and Moral Tension
What is ‘mitigation’ and what does it aim to achieve in death penalty cases?
November 2025 Mitigation Presentation
Essay: Understanding public opinion of the death penalty in the USA (use opinion polls and empirical data)
Essay: Saudi Arabia’s Death PenaltyBarbarism in the Kingdom of the Future