Lyle C. May

Lyle C. May

Lyle C. May is an Ohio University alum, member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, an incarcerated journalist, and author of the books Witness: An Insider's Narrative of the Carceral State (Hayma

5 posts
Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’? 
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’? 

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing a bill that would end the state’s moratorium on executions by bringing back the electric chair and implementing a firing squad

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10 Min
By: Lyle C. May
Carceral imperialism, Project 2025, and the enemy of progress
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Carceral imperialism, Project 2025, and the enemy of progress

When it comes to the criminal legal system, both the Trump administration and Project 2025 detach from statistics, facts about crime and punishment, and evidence-based corrections

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9 Min
By: Lyle C. May
A hand places a ballot in a box
Crime, Reform & Abolition

People on death row are just as susceptible to election misinformation

Death row Republicans show us that hatred for the ‘other’ leads some incarcerated people to follow the algorithm of their own biases

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8 Min
By: Lyle C. May
Incarcerated man on the courtyard reading book
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Breaking In: The challenges of making it in the publishing industry from prison

The communication challenges prisons impose on incarcerated writers are now well understood, but what about the hurdles erected by the publishing industry?

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14 Min
By: Lyle C. May
color photograph of an outdoor protest at night against the death penalty
Crime, Reform & Abolition

The psychological torment and unconstitutionality of the state’s intent to kill

The threat of a death sentence creates a crucible of dehumanization that no one should have to experience and no one has the right to inflict

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4 Min
By: Lyle C. May

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