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FaithJesuitical
What’s it like to say Mass on death row? An interview with the Jesuit chaplain of San Quentin prison
Each day, George Williams, S.J., passes through metal doors plastered with the word “CONDEMNED” to minister to the men of San Quentin State Prison.
FaithFaith in Focus
Regardless of where one stands on the death penalty, however, all Catholics must not lose sight of the souls on death row who await the judgment that state-enforced terminations will quicken.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
32 states have now either abolished the death penalty or not carried out an execution in more than a decade
Politics & SocietyNews
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty
Politics & SocietyShort Take
A federal judge has placed federal executions on hold. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Frank J. Dewane write that we should turn back permanently from the path of death.
Politics & SocietyNews
The poll showed 60% prefer that convicted murders receive a sentence of life imprisonment, while 36% said capital punishment would be better.