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,Aug 30, 2018
Cincinnati’s Aggressive DA and a Vatican Priest (His High School Classmate) Spar About the Death Penalty
Pope Francis’ recent declaration committing the Catholic Church to opposing capital punishment in all circumstances has produced an unusual public war of words about the practices of Catholic public officials in one of the country’s most aggressive death-penalty counties. Hamilton County, Ohio, has produced more death sentences and executions than any other county in Ohio, and is one of the 2% of U.S. counties responsible for a majority of death sentences and executions in the United States.