Loving Casey Anthony in a Culture of Vengeance

I couldn't bear to watch any of the coverage of the Casey Anthony murder trial. I heard snippets of information on occasion: intimations of incest; a car that "smelled of death"; fist fights breaking out as the curious and obsessed (or the profoundly bored?) tried to get a seat in the Florida courtroom.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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