‘Dead Man Walking’ at 30: The Fight Continues
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
December 30, 2024
“Grace comes and wakes us up,” says Sister Helen Prejean, who has dedicated her life to fighting capital punishment in the United States. “It’s what you do with it when it comes that counts.”
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Pope praises Catholic group that advocates for abolition of death penalty
OSV News
October 14, 2024
Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty Oct. 10 in an event at the Holy See's apostolic nunciature in Washington.
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Texas executes death-row inmate despite allegations of false testimony at trial
OSV News
March 1, 2024
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin's fiancee, was based on false testimony.
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Advocates displeased with U.S. vote against global death penalty ban
OSV News
December 21, 2022
When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty," the United States continued its practice of voting against it.
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The Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure
Richard B. Patterson, PhD
December 26, 2018
Many argue the death penalty can help survivors move on with their lives. However, this counselor writes that true healing can happen only when we learn to "walk with the pain."
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Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use