Sep 30, 2019 | American Exceptionalism, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, History, Poverty, Racial Justice, Samuel McDonald |
by William Trollinger Potosi Correctional Center. Photo (c) 2007 by Wikimedia Commons user Americasroof. CC BY-SA 3.0 On the evening of September 23, 1997 – before I was unceremoniously ushered into the observation booth in Missouri’s Potosi Correctional Center to...
Sep 24, 2019 | Capital Punishment, Christian Century, Death Penalty, Robert Jordan, Samuel McDonald, Uncategorized |
by William Trollinger Personal photo of Samuel McDonald. So much time has passed, and yet September 24 remains very painful. Twenty-two years ago today, I found myself sitting with five other civilians and four security guards in a tiny, cramped room in the bowels of...
