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PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT FAIRNESS IN ITS ADMINISTRATION CAN BE ENSURED Adopted by the Board of Governors November 25, 1997, voting 18 to…

Oct 20, 1997

Statement by Catholic Bishops of Texas on Capital Punishment

October 20, 1997As spiritual leaders in the community we Catholic Bishops of Texas are acutely aware of the violence in our state. Despite a growing reliance on longer sentences, more prisons, and more executions, our state’s crime rate has…

Sep 09, 1997

Catholic Church Expresses Strong Opposition to Capital Punishment in Catechism

The Vatican issued the definitive Latin language version of its Universal Catechism on September 9, 1997. The primary change in the catechism focuses on legitimate defense and the death penalty . The new version reads: “The traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude … recourse to the death penalty when it is the only practical way to efficiently defend the lives of human beings from the unjust aggressor.” It continues, “Today, in fact, because the means states have to repress…

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The US Death Penalty and International Law: US Compliance with the Torture and Race Conventions

Death row tenant for 10 years preparing to taste freedom again

Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

General Assembly of the Texas Conference of Churches — Resolution Opposing the Death Penalty

Catholic Bishops of Iowa Issue Statement on Death Penalty

Homicide Studies

Philadelphia Bar Association Resolution Calling for a Moratorium on Capital Punishment

Statement by Catholic Bishops of Texas on Capital Punishment

Catholic Church Expresses Strong Opposition to Capital Punishment in Catechism

American Bar Association Resolution on the Death Penalty

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