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- Jan 25, 2021
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Maryland Catholic Conference urges Trump to stop a federal execution
- Dec 23, 2020
Eight Catholic bishops serving Maryland dioceses urged President Donald Trump Dec. 22 to stop the planned federal execution of Dustin Higgs, a Maryland man on death row in Indiana.
Death penalty hits historic low in U.S. ‘despite federal execution spree,’ says report
- Dec 17, 2020
A new report Dec. 16 by the Death Penalty Information Center said the use of capital punishment reached a historic low this year in the United States even with the return of federal executions by the Trump administration.
Texas archbishop: ‘Conversion of heart’ needed on death penalty
- Dec 16, 2020
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio is the latest bishop calling for the Trump Administration to stop carrying out federal executions before the presidential term ends.
Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures
- Dec 2, 2020
A move by the Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences — to include electrocution, gas or firing squads along with lethal injections –was sharply criticized by Catholic anti-death penalty activists.
U.S. government executes man convicted of killing Texas teen
- Nov 20, 2020
Late Thursday, Orlando Hall was put to death for abducting and killing the teenager, Lisa Rene.
U.S. bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop upcoming federal executions
- Nov 19, 2020
Ahead of the execution of Orlando Hall that was scheduled for Nov. 19, and two more federal executions scheduled to take place in December, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.
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