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Demonstrators in in Terre Haute, Ind., gather to protest the execution of Lisa Montgomery on Jan. 12. She was put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute soon after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a hold on her execution at 1:31 a.m. (EST). She was the first woman to be put to death in federal prison since 1953. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bill McCormick, S.J.
The rush of federal executions was an “aberration” that does not reflect the great successes of the death penalty abolition movement in recent years.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
For 17 years the attorneys general of the United States did not pursue death even though that power was in their hands, then you hit somebody like Trump.’
AG William Barr pursing his lips while wearing a dark suit and a golden tie in front of U.S. office seal in the background
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Silk - Religion News Service
It’s hard to see Attorney General William Barr as doing anything but consciously, defiantly thumbing his nose at Catholic teaching.
In July demonstrators show their opposition to the death penalty outside the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., where federal executions are conducted. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The Trump administration's execution spree in the second half of the year was without precedent and widely condemned.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Daniel E. Flores
We as a country cannot simply say, “the government made the decision,” so it must be just. King Herod made a decision, too.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
"This Advent, the Lord comes to love us even though we don't deserve it. Let us repent and embrace his gift," the committee chairmen said in a Dec. 7 statement.