Death Penalty

Feb 14, 2013

Speaking at a legislative hearing in Maryland, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore supported efforts to end the death penalty... Read more

Feb 8, 2013

Gov. Bobby Jindal has rejected the Louisiana Catholic bishops' request to halt the scheduled Ash Wednesday execution of a convicted... Read more

Nov 8, 2012

The California Catholic Conference says it regrets the failure of a state ballot measure to repeal the death penalty, but... Read more

Oct 1, 2012

A Philadelphia judge stayed the execution of Terrance Williams last Friday, and his case will now go to the Pennsylvania... Read more

Sep 11, 2012

Ahead of the possible execution of three convicts on Pennsylvania’s death row, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia has called... Read more

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