America’s Sexual Politics Are Rapidly Regressing Before Our Very Eyes

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 12, 2018 When historical abuses are not addressed and resolved, they take new forms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How a Death Row Inmate Made Injustice Pay Off

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jun 28, 2018 After being wrongfully convicted of murder and spending 41 years at Angola prison in Louisiana, Gary Tyler has become a community leader in the struggle for justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How a Former District Attorney Finally Agreed With Activist Mike Farrell on the Death Penalty

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Nov 6, 2016 Ira Reiner, who served Los Angeles County as D.A. for eight years, and Mike Farrell, president of the board of Death Penalty Focus, have publicly and respectfully debated capital punishment many times over the years. But it wasn't until now, with the proposed Justice That Works Act of 2016 on the California ballot, that they see eye to eye. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

California’s Proposition 62 Can End the Suffering Caused by—and the Expense of—the Death Penalty

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 20, 2016 The state's 38-year failed attempt to make capital punishment constitutional has resulted in more than 1,000 death verdicts and 13 executions—at a total cost of $5 billion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Stands Nuremberg on Its Head

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 6, 2016 President Obama’s decision to spare CIA torturers from prosecution is wrong. "Good Germans who were only following orders" are not exempt from the bar of justice. Individuals must be held responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Future of the Death Penalty in the United States

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2016 On Thursday the Truthdig team sat down with Mike Farrell, acclaimed actor, activist and anti-death penalty advocate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer and ‘M.A.S.H.’ Actor Mike Farrell Discuss Ending the Death Penalty in America

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2016 Farrell tells Truthdig's editor in chief about his efforts to save the lives of people awaiting execution -- and the pitfalls awaiting celebrities who get involved in social causes.Farrell tells Truthdig's editor in chief about his efforts to save the lives of people awaiting execution—and the pitfalls awaiting celebrities who get involved in social causes. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Dave Zirin and Mike Farrell on the Death of Troy Davis

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2011 On Wednesday's Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK, in the hours before the execution of Troy Davis, Mike Farrell and Dave Zirin discussed what Zirin called a "legal lynching" Also: LA’s labor battle and the politics of HollywoodOn Wednesday's Truthdig Radio, in the hours before the execution of Troy Davis, Mike Farrell and Dave Zirin discussed what Zirin called a "legal lynching. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Extremely Unctuous

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 To listen to the bloviators, “religious extremist” means Muslim, and too many Americans buy in without understanding that this “God is (only) on our side” nonsense infects elements in pretty much every belief system. A mandate from God that the adherents of this particular One True Faith should take over our nation’s institutions? Yup. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Innocent and Executed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Argentina's bloody past and New York's historic gay marriage moment Also, actor and activist Mike Farrell talks about death penalty injustice Plus, Robert and Peter Scheer celebrate (sort of) Justice Scalia Update: Full transcriptThis week: Argentina's bloody past, New York's gay marriage moment, Mike Farrell on death penalty injustice, and the Scheers celebrate (sort of) Scalia. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

The Ugly America

Mike Farrell / Truthdig Oct 29, 2008 “You really do hate America!” This was the parting shot from a man I had just debated on a television show shortly before the invasion of Iraq. Because he’s a notorious right-wing blowhard, I laughed it off as the raving of a crackpot in extremis. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

An Unlikely Pair Fight the Death Penalty

BLANK Jul 26, 2008 A now-retired California judge who sentenced nine men to death, Donald A. McCartin, and actor-activist Mike Farrell make "an unlikely pair," as they put it in this co-authored article. McCartin was once known as "the hanging judge of Orange County," while Farrell has long opposed the death penalty, but today they see eye to eye. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )