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by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Oklahoma, Sister Helen Prejean | 0 |
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gave another temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Richard Glossip, moving back his execution scheduled for Dec. 8 until next February while an appeals court reviews his claims of innocence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Sister Helen Prejean | 0 |
Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference | 0 |
In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for more than 25 years and has gained the attention of Catholic leaders and celebrities for his claims of innocence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Death row, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma | 0 |
Catholic leaders are speaking out about a Sept. 27 decision by Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board to deny clemency to Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man sentenced to die for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 25, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma | 0 |
Ahead of Oklahoma’s execution of death-row inmate James Allen Coddington Aug. 25, the Diocese of Tulsa joined calls by a coalition of faith leaders and others for the Oklahoma governor to commute his death sentence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A federal judge has issued a temporary order telling Texas prison officials that they can carry out next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate only if they grant all of his religious accommodations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma | 0 |
A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter on Wednesday said a report by a Houston law firm into the conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip proves Glossip’s innocence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 7, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma, Sister Helen Prejean | 0 |
Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with a June 6 ruling by a federal judge in Oklahoma calling the state’s three-drug lethal injection method constitutional.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Arizona, capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News | 0 |
In a 6-3 ruling May 23, the Supreme Court said two Arizona death-row inmates could not present new evidence of ineffective counsel they said they received in state trials during their federal appeals.
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