Death Penalty / Capital Punishment
“The dignity of human life must never be taken away, even in the case of someone who has done great evil. Modern society has the means of protecting itself, without definitively denying criminals the chance to reform.”
-- Pope John Paul II (Gospel of Life, 27)
USCCB, Illinois Bishops Laud State's Death Penalty Repeal
March 10, 2011
Bishops Urge Illinois Governor to Sign Bill Ending Death Penalty
March 3, 2011
Backgrounder on the Death Penalty
February 2011
Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty
Backgrounder on the Death Penalty
April 2006
Letter to Senators on The Streamlined Procedure Acts of 2005
July 13, 2005
The Death Penalty
June 2005
Response to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Roper v. Simmons
March 1, 2005
The Death Penalty
February 2005
Letter to Conferee on the 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act
October 21, 2004
Letter to President George W. Bush on the Justice for All Act of 2004
October 15, 2004
Supreme Court and Juvenile Death Penalty
July 19, 2004
The Death Penalty
February 2004
The Death Penalty
February 2003
Bishops Commend Governor's Clemency to Death Row Inmates
101 Reasons to Abandon the Death Penalty
Statements by the Holy Father and the Vatican
Ecumenical Statements
Statements by State Bishops' Conferences and Individual Bishops
-- Pope John Paul II (Gospel of Life, 27)
USCCB, Illinois Bishops Laud State's Death Penalty Repeal
March 10, 2011
Bishops Urge Illinois Governor to Sign Bill Ending Death Penalty
March 3, 2011
Backgrounder on the Death Penalty
February 2011
Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty
Backgrounder on the Death Penalty
April 2006
Letter to Senators on The Streamlined Procedure Acts of 2005
July 13, 2005
The Death Penalty
June 2005
Response to U.S. Supreme Court Decision Roper v. Simmons
March 1, 2005
The Death Penalty
February 2005
Letter to Conferee on the 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act
October 21, 2004
Letter to President George W. Bush on the Justice for All Act of 2004
October 15, 2004
Supreme Court and Juvenile Death Penalty
July 19, 2004
The Death Penalty
February 2004
The Death Penalty
February 2003
Bishops Commend Governor's Clemency to Death Row Inmates
101 Reasons to Abandon the Death Penalty
Statements by the Holy Father and the Vatican
Ecumenical Statements
Statements by State Bishops' Conferences and Individual Bishops
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