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title: 'NEW RESOURCES: Symposium: Catholics and the Death Penalty'
description: 'A recent edition of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies contains articles from a symposium on “Catholics and the Death Penalty: Lawyers, Jurors &…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resources-symposium-catholics-and-the-death-penalty'
section: news
date: '2006-07-17T23:26:17-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:23:01-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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A recent edition of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies contains articles from a symposium on **"Catholics and the Death Penalty: Lawyers, Jurors & Judges."** In addition to a foreword by Amelia Uelmen and an introduction to Catholic teaching on capital punishment by Art Cody, the volume contains a panel discussion with Kevin Doyle, director of the New York Capital Defender Office, and Charles Hynes, the District Attorney of Kings County (NY). The symposium concludes with a presentation on issues related to Catholic jurors by Gerald Uelmen. (Symposium, 44 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 277 (2005)). See [Law Reviews](/law-review-journal-articles-death-penalty?did=131&scid=21).