U.S. Catholic leaders speak out against three November executions ncronline.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncronline.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
WASHINGTON (CNS) In the third week of November, three executions by lethal injection took place in the U.S. in just two days and a fourth execution was called off after failed attempts happened close to the expiration of the prisoner s death warrant.
Catholic leaders spoke out against the Nov. 16 executions in Texas and Arizona as well as the next day s execution in Oklahoma and the halted one in Alabama.
In a 24-hour period, all four death penalty cases had last-minute appeals to the Supre
Oklahoma has executed a man for the torture killing of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild received a lethal injection Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in
Catholic leaders spoke out against the Nov. 16 executions in Texas and Arizona as well as the next day's execution in Oklahoma and the halted one in Alabama. In a 24-hour period, all four death penalty cases had last-minute appeals to the Supreme Court that were denied.