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As Biden inauguration nears, U.S. bishops urged to work with administration

by | Jan 19, 2021 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

A little more than two months have gone by and there hasn’t been a word from the U.S. Bishops’ task force created to navigate the relationship with the Biden Administration, as the president-elect and his team forges ahead through the transition period.

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U.S. bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop upcoming federal executions

by | Nov 19, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Ahead of the execution of Orlando Hall that was scheduled for Nov. 19, and two more federal executions scheduled to take place in December, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.

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Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed

by | Jul 14, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee. The court’s unsigned order enabled federal executions to go forward.

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Federal executions in Indiana said to ‘add violence on top of violence’

by | Jul 1, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

A Department of Justice announcement in mid-June that it would resume federal executions beginning at a federal prison within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis drew words of remorse and prayers from Catholic leaders for the crime victims of as well as for the inmates slated to die.

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Catholic leaders denounce court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal

by | Jun 30, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

When the Supreme Court announced June 29 that it would not hear an appeal by federal death-row inmates challenging the method to be used in their upcoming executions, a longtime advocate against capital punishment said the court “abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities.”

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Setting of execution dates for federal death-row prisoners denounced

by | Jun 17, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Critics of the death penalty denounced the decision June 15 by Attorney General William Barr to set execution dates for four federal prisoners on death row.

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Justice Department urged to aggressively prosecute pornography vendors

by | May 18, 2020 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

A former colleague of Attorney General William Barr is backing a letter from three Catholic bishops asking Barr to aggressively pursue anti-obscenity prosecutions in the wake of increased traffic to online pornography sites with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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