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- Jul 12, 2020
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New Jersey cardinal asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate
- Jul 10, 2020
Federal death-row inmate Dustin Lee Honken was convicted of “heinous” crimes but killing him “will do nothing to restore justice or heal those still burdened by these crimes,” Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin said in a July 9 letter to President Donald Trump.
Priest joins suit, cites COVID in trying to halt federal execution
- Jul 9, 2020
A Benedictine priest asked by a death-row prisoner to minister to him prior to his execution has filed an intervention pleading to join a lawsuit to delay federal executions, contending the coronavirus emergency in Indiana puts him and others at risk of catching COVID-19 by attending the execution.
Capital punishment, immigration issues compel Iowa bishops to speak up
- Jul 8, 2020
Iowa’s Catholic bishops are taking a prominent stand on three pressing federal issues, one involving the imminent execution of four federal death-row inmates, another on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and the third on the asylum system.
Faith leaders urge president, attorney general to halt federal executions
- Jul 8, 2020
Over 1,000 religious leaders have signed a joint statement urging President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr to stop the executions scheduled to take place in July and August at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Victims’ family asks for delay of federal inmate’s execution
- Jul 8, 2020
Family members of the victims of an inmate scheduled to be put to death next week asked a federal judge to delay his execution Tuesday, saying the coronavirus pandemic puts them at risk if they travel to attend it.
Federal executions in Indiana said to ‘add violence on top of violence’
- Jul 1, 2020
A Department of Justice announcement in mid-June that it would resume federal executions beginning at a federal prison within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis drew words of remorse and prayers from Catholic leaders for the crime victims of as well as for the inmates slated to die.
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