Witness to an execution: Liz Bruenig on the human cost of the death penalty

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of violence towards children and the process of an execution that some readers may find disturbing.

In 2004, Alfred Bourgeois was convicted of torturing and murdering his toddler daughter at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi.

According to the prosecution in the case, Bourgeois had abused and neglected her before finally smashing her head against the inside of his truck…

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