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
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.
Sister Helen Prejean, who for decades has been the leader and moral conscience at the heart of the anti-death-penalty movement in the United States, wil.