Posts tagged Death penalty

Execution Stayed For Prisoner Who Leads Death Row Ministry

Every morning, Will Speer leads prayer and worship in his state prison. He is the first death row prisoner to help lead a death row ministry in Texas’s Allan B. Polunsky Unit. Speer was scheduled to be executed Thursday — but less than five hours before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed his death pending further review of his case, Christianity Today reported.

News, North AmericaLiz LykinsNovember 2, 2023The Roys Report, Liz Lykins, Prison ministry, Death penalty, Will Speer, Death row inmate, Secondary feature, newsComment

Reaction to Leslie Van Houten’s Parole Shows How Unforgiving We’ve Become

(OPINION) This isn’t a column about Leslie Van Houten. This is a column about the often competing virtues of justice versus mercy. But the news event that started me thinking (again) about those dueling impulses was the recent announcement that Van Houten, a former member of Charles Manson’s “family,” will soon be paroled from prison.

Analysis, Opinion, JusticePaul PratherJuly 31, 2023Paul Prather, Leslie Van Houten, Death penalty, Forgiveness, Justice, Mercy, Christianity, Charles Manson, Manson family, Leno LaBianca Comments

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