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Statement on Joint State Government Commission Report on Capital Punishment

Just three people have been executed in the past 56 years in Pennsylvania, yet more than 466 death warrants have been signed since 1985.Currently there are 150 inmates on death row. In 2012, the Joint State Government Commission was asked to study the practice and process of capital p
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June 29, 2018
by Hill
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capital punishment, death penalty, death row, joint state government commission, prison reform

Surviving the Death Penalty

In August 1975, a jury found Ronnie Bridgeman (who has since changed his name to Kwame Kamau Ajamu) guilty of murder and a judge sentenced him to death. “I was marked for death.” He lived nearly 40 years of his life as Number 150. Almost four decades later, a witness who was 12 years
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October 17, 2017
by Blue
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death penalty, death row, exoneree, representative chris rabb, respect life month, senator daylin leach
Pope Francis

Christians called to work to abolish death penalty

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis has said that “all Christians and people of good will are called today to work not only for the abolition of the death penalty,” but also to improve conditions in prisons, out of respect for the human dignity of prisoners. In particular, the Holy Fathe
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February 22, 2016
by Blue
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capital punishment, death penalty, Governor Wolf, pope francis

Our state doesn’t need to rely on execution, and it shouldn’t

Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf made a bold decision to grant a temporary reprieve to inmate Terrance Williams, who was scheduled to be executed on March 4. The governor vowed to grant other reprieves, in effect declaring a moratorium on executions in Pennsylvania. Williams would have been t
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February 25, 2015
by Blue
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Amy Hill, capital punishment, death penalty, execution, LNP, LNP op ed, op ed

Statement on Governor Wolf’s Announcement of Death Penalty Reprieve

The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference welcomes Governor Tom Wolf’s announcement of a “reprieve to inmate Terrance Williams, who was scheduled to be executed on March 4, 2015. Governor Wolf will grant a reprieve – not a commutation – in each future instance in which an execution for a d
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February 13, 2015
by Blue
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death peanlty, death penalty, executions, Governor Wolf

The antidote to violence is love, not more violence.

Click here today to send a message to Governor Wolf in support of life over the death penalty!      
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February 11, 2015
by Blue
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death penalty, death penalty in PA, Governor Wolf

Catholic Leaders Welcome Supreme Court’s Review of Lethal Injection Use

WASHINGTON—The chairs of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and Committee on Pro-life Activities welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s January 23 announcement that it would review the drug protocols of lethal injection executions in the state of Oklahoma. The court wi
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January 28, 2015
by Blue
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death penalty, lethal injection, supreme court, USCCB

Michael Ballard Execution Stayed

Mr. Michael Ballard had been scheduled for execution on December 2, but a judge has granted him a stay. While Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano declared Michael Ballard competent to make the decision to stop appealing his death sentence, Judge Giordano also granted Mr. Ballard’s
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November 24, 2014
by Blue
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death penalty, execution, Michael Ballard
PA Catholic Conference, Gov Corbett

Execution Scheduled: Ask Leaders to Choose Life

Governor Corbett has signed an execution warrant for Hubert L. Michael, Jr., who is now scheduled to be executed on September 22, 2014. The Board of Pardons is able to reduce the sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and Governor Tom Corbett  is able to grant
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July 24, 2014
by Blue
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board of pardons, death penalty, execution, Hubert Michael, Tom Corbett
death penalty, PCC, PA Catholic Conference

Botched execution shows death penalty’s brutality, bishop says

Commenting on the April 29 bungled execution of a death row inmate at the state penitentiary, Oklahoma City’s archbishop has called for a reconsideration of capital punishment. “We certainly need to administer justice with due consideration for the victims of crime, but we must find a
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May 01, 2014
by Blue
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Archbishop Coakley, catholic pennsylvania, death penalty, Pennsylvania Catholic network, pro-life
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