by John Freund, CM | Sep 10, 2010 | Vincentian Family
Kentuckian Gregory Wilson, after 22 years on death row, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Sept. 16 at the Kentucky State Penitentiary at Eddyville. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Congregational Leadership issued the following letter to the...
by sjs | May 3, 2008 | Justice and Peace
Despite increasing Church opposition to the death penalty and UN calls for a global moratorium on its use, a wave of executions has been scheduled in the U.S. in the wake of the Supreme Court’s approval of a widely used lethal injection method of execution. Read...
by annaread | Apr 29, 2008 | Justice and Peace
The president of Cuba, Raúl Castro, has announced that most death sentences will be commuted to terms of 30 years to life, which according to one estimate will spare the lives of about 30 prisoners. Read the story.
by annaread | Apr 16, 2008 | Justice and Peace
When the United States Supreme Court upheld the state of Kentucky’s method of execution, lethal injection, it gave the go-ahead to other states to resume the practice. One governor has already announced that executions would begin again. Read the story.
by sjs | Dec 17, 2007 | Justice and Peace
New Jersey has just become “the first [state] in a generation to abolish capital punishment.” In signing the law into effect, Governor Corzine expressed the hope that New Jersey can serve as a model for other states. Read the story.
