“We want to let Catholics all throughout the state know that the death penalty is not necessary to protect public safety,” Tom Venzor, head of the Nebraska Catholic Conference, said at a press event on Sept. 29.
Death Penalty
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Rejecting the death penalty advances the culture of life
In 2007, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, at the time bishop of Rapid City asked: Is the right to life conditional, or is it unconditional? Can men and women forfeit their right to life by their behavior, or is that right irrevocably given by God?
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10 reasons to oppose the death penalty
Even the guilty have a right to life, but that is not the only reason to stand against capital punishment.