Richard Bourke

Dear Prime Minister, I think it is wrong to kill people. It has become apparent that you and I differ on this. In particular, I think it is wrong for the state to kill prisoners under a scheme of capital punishment. Despite occasional protests to the …

I am a capital defence lawyer in the deep south of the United States. What that means is I help defend people who have been accused or found guilty of murder and whom the state is trying to execute. The crimes I am dealing with are some of the most heinous, …