The Catholic Church and the Navajo Nation stand together in opposition to the execution of Lezmond Mitchell because it, like the racism which brought his death sentence to pass, erodes the sanctity of human life, writes Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy.
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US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
In Indiana, the second federal execution in three days was carried out when Wesley Purkey was strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal chemicals as he expressed words of regret for what he had done.
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Sister Helen Prejean: Stop the federal killings
What is the moral imperative behind the government’s urgency to hasten the death of its citizens?
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Despite resistance first federal execution in 17 years conducted in Indiana
Helen Prejean: “While we were all sleeping, the government killed a man under cloak of darkness.”
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Cardinal Tobin asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey has said that executing federal death row inmate Dustin Le Honken “will do nothing to restore justice or heal those burdened by these crimes.”
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Faith leaders urge president, attorney general to halt federal executions
“As faith leaders from a diverse range of traditions, we call on President Trump and Attorney General Barr to stop the scheduled federal executions,” the group said in the statement released July 7.
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Catholic leaders denounce court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal
Sister Helen Prejean, a long-time advocate of abolishing the death penalty, has said that the Supreme Court has “abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities” in allowing executions to proceed in various cases.
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Supreme Court declines to block upcoming federal executions
The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003.
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Supreme Court stops Texas execution over rule banning clergy in the death chamber
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.
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Critics denounce Attorney General Barr’s decision to set execution dates for death row inmates
Attorney General William Barr has set execution dates for four federal prisoners on death row.