Josh Rushing

In­car­cer­a­tion of lo­cal fix­ers sends a chill­ing mes­sage: Work with West­ern re­porters and you will be one that pays price.

A rare and up close ac­count of the ex­e­cu­tion of an in­mate at the no­to­ri­ous H Unit, home of Ok­la­homa’s death row.

In 2010, Michael Sel­sor grant­ed his only in­ter­view to Josh Rush­ing. Two years lat­er, Rush­ing re­turned to watch him die.

Michael Sel­sor will soon die by homi­cide. The US Supreme Court de­clined to hear the Ok­la­homa death row in­mate’s case – a de­ci­sion that re­moved the fi­nal le­gal hur­dle still keep­ing him alive.

Is there a metaphor­i­cal link be­tween two peo­ple, who loved and val­ued writ­ing as much as any­one on the plan­et, dy­ing on the same day? Both cer­tain­ly rep­re­sent­ed some­thing to the ag­ing ro­man­tic in my soul.