Abolish the death penalty


The death penalty: clumsy, costly and morally dubious

Stories of grotesque bungles abound in death penalty literature, writes Lizzie O’Shea. So, why does the US continue to hand it out?

McClelland’s execution should be a lesson for Rudd

There is really only one point to all the daily talking and all the travelling of political leaders during an election campaign. The 60 seconds or so of coverage on the nightly television news is what it is all about with the pictures being more important than the words, writes Richard Farmer.