I have a new poll question up:

Does a protracted, painful execution during the death penalty process bother you?

Executions have allegedly gone awry three times this year. In Arizona it took two hours for Joseph Wood to die by lethal injection. There have also been complaints about the  executions of Dennis McGuire in Ohio and Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma.

Does news like this bother you? See the poll on the right side of the home page.

For the previous poll question you overwhelmingly swung in favor of the pragmatic, the known…

by Kelli

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• In our newest addition to the blogroll, Kelly Clinger tells of her difficult decision to confess her two past abortions to her young children.

Here are my top 5 political cartoon picks for the week. We begin with one of many liberal complaints about the execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis in Georgia on September 21. Regardless of the views pro-lifers hold on the death penalty, the almost universal opposition of abortion proponents to it always appalls me. […]

Can anyone name the best possible reason why a Catholic might vote for a governor who executed 230 people? ~ Lisa Graas via her Facebook page, September 7 [Photo via Huffington Post]

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN and Kelli As always, we welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. Wesley J. Smith says “I told you so”: Vermont has passed a single payer healthcare plan with no means to pay […]