PA Governor Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf declared a moratorium on the death penalty in that state, provoking a new debate on the subject of capital punishment.
New Debate on Death Penalty
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Death Row Inmate Repeats Jesus’ Name During Execution
Robert Moorman, who was sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering his own mother, receiving Communion just before being executed on Wednesday morning, and told the Deacon he would “repeat Jesus’ name in my heart” as he was being put to death.
Prosecutors May Seek Death Penalty for Philadelphia Abortionist
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
An abortionist accused of running a “house of horrors” abortuary in Philadelphia that left one woman and scores of infants dead, pled not guilty at an arraignment hearing yesterday where prosecutors indicated they may seek the death penalty in a case that horrified the nation.
DC Sniper Executed
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After refusing to meet with a chaplain, or to utter any last words, John Allen Muhammad, the man responsible for a three-week killing spree in Washington DC in 2002 that left 10 people dead, was executed by lethal injection in a Virginia prison on Tuesday night.
Lawmaker Claims Church Teaching Changed His Vote
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A Colorado Congressman says it was the preaching of Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput that made him cast the deciding vote in favor of repealing the death penalty in that state.
