Discussions of capital punishment do not often address how death sentences affect the people who are left behind.
Criminal Justice
Posted inFaith, News
Iowa bishop brings greeting from Pope Francis to ICE detention center
Bishop Pates heard a cry for help in the detention center. After he left, he called on Congress to pass the DREAM Act.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Texas execution of Mexican citizen rebuked by President Peña Nieto
Mr. Cardenas’s lawyers argued that Texas authorities had not properly informed him that as a Mexican citizen he was entitled to legal aid from the Mexican consulate.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Weinstein case reveals the limits of legal action for sexual abuses in the workplace
Except for crimes committed on federal land, state law governs what constitutes a sex crime, and the definitions vary.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
How to encounter Latino Catholics in America (and why you need to)
The nation has changed, once again. This time we are becoming more Latino. The demographic shift is not the future; it is the present.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The bail system punishes the poor—here are some more just alternatives.
It costs more to be poor in the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Former Seattle police chief calls for fundamental changes to U.S. policing
“To Protect and Serve” offers an insider’s look into how to reform policing in the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Thurgood Marshall gets the superhero treatment in new biopic
He might get a shotgun escort when he leaves town, but Thurgood Marshall is the Lone Ranger of civil rights.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Pell faces charges of sex abuse—and angry protesters—at court in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to face sex offense charges, was jeered by protesters as he made a court appearance in his native Australia on Friday in a case that has rocked the Vatican and placed scrutiny on the pope’s stance against abusive clergy. Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic and Pope […]
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St. Maria Goretti teaches me to see God in the faces of murderers and rapists
For inmates, incarceration is their punishment. But in the library, we focus on rehabilitation.