# Ep. 153 - It’s Just Wrong

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Podcast: [The Commonweal Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-commonweal-podcast-1149321)
Published: 2025-07-08T18:48:00+00:00
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## Resource

For decades, public support for the death penalty in the United States has been declining. But in recent years, the number of executions has risen sharply—and a majority of Americans still say they support capital punishment. What’s needed, argues Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig, is not just a deeper understanding of forgiveness, but the actual practice of mercy. Bruenig has written extensively on the death penalty in a series of articles and essays. On this episode, she reflects on how witnessing executions—some botched, all harrowing—has shaped her thinking about capital punishment. For further reading: Elizabeth Bruenig’s July cover story for The Atlantic David Bentley Hart on Christianity and the death penalty The Editors on Pope Francis’s declaration on capital punishment

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