Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'death penalty'

A Life Spent in Limbo

November 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Since 1983, the average amount of time a condemned American convict spends on death row has tripled to 153 months. Yet that mammoth stretch of time is nothing compared to that endured by Sadamichi Hirasawa. When he passed away from natural causes in 1987, the alleged mastermind of Japan’s most infamous and lethal bank robbery […]

Share

[Read more →]

Tags:·····

Chicken-Fried Steak, Cont’d

September 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In response to our post below about Oklahoma’s artery-mucking official meal, one of our favorite commenters chimed in: This reads like every last meal I ever read about while I was growing up in the South. I guess Oklahoma death row inmates can save some time ordering– “I’ll have the ‘Official,” they say. Alas, the […]

Share

[Read more →]

Tags:·

The Ninety-Fourth

June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on The Ninety-Fourth

Tiny Togo joins the ranks of nations that have officially abolished capital punishment. Which means this list is now slightly out-of-date. Who will be next to do away with their (usually figurative) gallows? Our money’s on Burkina Faso. Or maybe another small African nation that’s trying to carve out better relations with Western Europe—the likes […]

Share

[Read more →]

Tags:··