
Opinion
The cost–benefit analysis of mercy in capital punishment
The political calculus can be unforgiving: show mercy and risk criticism; refuse and face little political consequence.
March 10
Linda Fisher, a lifelong Alabamian and longtime Prattville resident, is a retired public school teacher and novelist. She serves as corresponding secretary for the Alabama Resisters chapter of Indivisible.

The political calculus can be unforgiving: show mercy and risk criticism; refuse and face little political consequence.