'A recent card says he has decided to ‘turn his life around’ and be baptised.' Photo: by Tim Hüfner on Unsplash

‘Conditions on death row are among the worst in US prisons.’

Capital costs: Mary Brown on the death penalty

‘Conditions on death row are among the worst in US prisons.’

by Mary Brown 7th October 2022

October 10 is the twentieth world day against the death penalty. I shall be thinking of my penfriend on death row in Texas. In the UK we gradually and cautiously abandoned the death penalty without the approval of the majority of the population. This gives me hope.