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Unprecedented commute of all death sentences to life imprisonment in California’s Santa Clara County 
April 11, 2024
An unprecedented decision by California’s Santa Clara County district attorney to reset the death penalty sentences in the county to life in prison sentences has been touted by the local bishop as “an important step toward respecting the sanctity of all human life”. “As Bishop of San José, I also support and congratulate Santa Clara
Virginia poised to abolish death penalty
February 05, 2021
Richmond, Va., Feb 4, 2021 / 08:11 pm MT (CNA).- The abolition of the death penalty has advanced in Virginia, with the State Senate’s passage of a bill backed by the Virginia Catholic Conference.
Lacking Reason: The Death of Lisa Montgomery
January 14, 2021
Lisa Montgomery’s execution was not justice. It did not make the world better, restore it to order, or net off the debt of sin.
US executes Lisa Montgomery after Supreme Court lifts stay
January 13, 2021
Lawyers and other advocates had long argued mitigating circumstances for Montgomery, including severe mental illness and a lifetime of suffering that included horrendous sexual abuse and torture that began when Montgomery was a small child, and lasted for years, should make Montgomery ineligible for the death penalty.
Vigils held as death row inmates are executed
December 12, 2020
A virtual prayer vigil for Bourgeois was held from 2-3 p.m hosted by The Catholic Mobilizing Network, which aims to end the death penalty and promote restorative justice.
End executions for Advent, Catholic bishops tell Trump
December 08, 2020
Ten executions in 2020 is “more than double the previous record of four in 1938,” the archbishops said in November.
Academics appeal to cardinals: advise Pope to withdraw ‘scandalous’ Catechism change
August 15, 2018
In an open letter, scholars and clergy say that Scripture teaches the death penalty can be legitimate
The new Catechism text on the death penalty will damage the Church
August 08, 2018
Yes, the revised wording is unclear. But it certainly seems to imply that previous popes led the faithful into grave error
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