To hear opponents tell it, the death penalty is under fire and losing favor in America.
But is that really true, based on election results in California, Nebraska and my home state of Oklahoma?
And if not, what does religion have to do with it?
We'll get to those questions in a moment. But first, a little background might be helpful: This subject long has interested me, particularly since I spent a few years covering state prisons for The Oklahoman, where I witnessed four executions and wrote a narrative story on a "typical execution day."
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