One day we may see one of their bylines in The New Yorker. One day these men will be released from prison.
Criminal Justice
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Saying grace with a tortured prisoner
I wondered if it is because he sees the unseen that his prayer was slower, perhaps more sincere than mine.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Listen: I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy
The podcast’s guest this week is Mark Singel, former lieutenant governor and acting governor of Pennsylvania from 1987-1995. His recent article for America is called “I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy.” Singel discusses his decision to commute the sentence of Reginald McFadden in 1992, when he was […]
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How a workout program is bringing the formerly incarcerated and young professionals together
Are you working for the body of a God? What about the body of a convict? Meet Coss Marte, our guest this week. After being arrested at 19 for running a multimillion dollar drug trade in New York City, Coss was sent to prison. There, doctors told him that his health problems and weight could […]
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
How a workout program is bringing the formerly incarcerated and young professionals together
Working out for the body of a god? What about the body of a convict?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I pardoned a convict who killed again. Here’s why I still believe in mercy.
Having so often petitioned a gracious God for the blessing of mercy, how could I deny it to others?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This killer turned prison chaplain shows what’s wrong with the death penalty
Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die on Wednesday, July 26.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Mexican Catholic Church: Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country. The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Leakers aren’t the (main) problem. Runaway classification is.
The misclassification of government documents has caught people up in phony scandals costly to them and to the public at large.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Are there lessons to be learned from Bernie Madoff in the Trump era?
Diana Henriques wrote the book on Madoff. She says Donald Trump is no con man.