Opinion and Column Writing @ DePaul University

I’m doubtful that murder can effectively serve as both cause and cure in American society. Whether criminal or government-sanctioned-one fact is inarguable: Murder is an irrevocable offense.

A serial killer ends the lives of ten innocent Americans. He is convicted by a jury and sentenced to death. 69% of Americans are in favor of the death penalty in such cases. The majority of citizens believe that our government has the right to kill those convicted of certain crimes.

Is it ever OK to kill a human being?  

“It’s a weak nation that finds it appropriate to execute its own citizens to uphold morale.” Lars von Trier, Danish film producer The death penalty has been abolished in all other Western countries and civilized societies, except the U.S. Other nations that execute their citizens are China, Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Ironically all are [...]

I recall a Coors Light commercial about ten years ago.  In the ad, a few guys standing next to a pickup truck after a long day of work look out over the vast, and very flat, plains.  Once they pop open their cans of beer, a massive mountain falls from the sky down to the [...]

In a utopia, America would not need the death penalty. In that world, there would be no murder and no reason for capital punishment to exist.

Remember the Milwaukee Monster? The serial killing machine who admitted to murdering 17 men, dismembering their bodies and performing the most gruesome acts imaginable? In 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer, who utilized rape, necrophilia and cannibalism during his hideous slaughters, was quickly convicted of 15 counts of first-degree murder.

The death penalty itself, of course, brings with it serious risks and controversy. Due to mistakes and lack of efficiency the death penalty is losing confidence among the American public, including myself.