Susan Kaspari Susan Kaspari is a professor who lives in Washington state with her husband and two children. By this Author Mar 17, 2026 Holding on to the light: Lessons from a friendship on death row"As I mourn the loss of my friend, I find myself returning to Pyth's final counsel: not to let anger take hold and not to let my heart harden." Susan Kaspari writes about Billy Kearse, who was executed on March 3.