U.N. Human Rights Chief: Stop Lethal Injection in U.S., Noa Yachot, ACLU Blog of Rights, May 2, 2014

The pain and suffering of Clayton Lockett during his gruesome execution in Oklahoma this week has been met with outrage around the world. Today the United Nations human rights chief said that Lockett’s botched execution may violate international law, and called for an immediate moratorium on the administration of the death penalty across the United States.

Should scientists ‘Jurassic-Park’ extinct species back to life? John D. Sutter, CNN, May 2, 2014

As I learned more about the science of “de-extinction,” however, I started to realize how serious that question actually is.

It’s not whether we will be able to revive extinct species.

That seems likely, in some form or another.

The debate needs to focus on other areas: “Should we?” and “Where will they live?” And does that change our approach to conservation?

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