Michael Zoosman

1 month ago | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |Michael Zoosman

The author argues that firing squad executions, like the scheduled execution of his pen pal Brad Sigmon in South Carolina, evoke Nazi atrocities and violate the Jewish commitment to human dignity and life, making capital punishment morally unacceptable regardless of the crimes committed... On Friday, March 7, just ahead of the Jewish Sabbath, a South Carolina firing squad will shoot to death my longtime pen pal and friend Brad Sigmon.