Pope Calls On Christians To Abolish Death Penalty

"The commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill,' has absolute value, and concerns both the innocent and the guilty," Pope Francis said Sunday, urging that the death penalty be abolished...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/21/467549565/pope-calls-on-christians-to-abolish-death-penalty

Jeb! Says His 'Faith Informs Him' We Should Execute Death Row Inmates More Quickly

Presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd that he's "conflicted" about the death penalty and that hi... Read more

The Case Against This Man Has Fallen Apart. The Supreme Court Says He Can Be Executed Anyway

...Glossip was convicted largely based on testimony from Justin Sneed, who has since bragged to fellow inmates that he set Glossip up in order to save his own life. Glossip was accused of hiring Sneed, who actually committed the murder at issue in this case, to beat their mutual boss to death with a baseball bat...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/09/30/3707722/the-case-against-this-man-has-fallen-apart-the-supreme-court-says-he-can-be-executed-anyway/

Cruz Disagrees With Pope: The Death Penalty Recognizes 'Preciousness' Of Life

Republican presidential candidate and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Politico Thursday that he disagreed with Pope Francis that the death penalty should en... Read more

The 10 Most Political Moments In Pope Francis' Address To Congress

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Is Oklahoma Set to Execute an Innocent Man? Inside the Case of Richard Glossip

Democracynow.org - Time is running out for Richard Glossip. The state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Glossip on Wednesday night, but his legal team is pushing for a new review of the case, saying the state is about to kill an innocent man. On the night of January 6, 1997, while Glossip was working as a manager at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City, his boss, Barry Van Treese, was murdered at the motel. There has never been a question about who committed the murder: A maintenance worker named Justin Sneed admitted entering the boss’s room and striking him multiple times with a baseball bat. But Glossip was soon arrested, as well, for allegedly hiring Sneed to carry out the murder. The case rested almost solely on Sneed’s claims that Glossip had offered him money and job opportunities for the killing. Glossip’s attorneys say Sneed implicated their client in exchange for a deal to receive life in prison instead of the death penalty. Sneed’s own daughter has said she believes Glossip is innocent. In a letter, O’Ryan Justine Sneed told the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board her father has spoken to her about recanting his original testimony. No physical evidence has ever tied Richard Glossip to the crime, and he has maintained his innocence. We speak with the well-known anti-death-penalty activist and author Sister Helen Prejean; Kim Van Atta, who has corresponded with Richard Glossip for 16 years; and Liliana Segura, who wrote about Glossip’s case for The Intercept.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/TTKp5FJ-Hjg

The Only Witness Against Him Bragged About Setting Him Up. Now He Is About To Be Executed.

Defense attorneys are racing to save a potentially innocent man from being put to death on Wednesday.  ... Read more

Bill Kristol: The Death Penalty Is An 'Important Symbol' Of American Justice

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol on Sunday slammed states that had repealed the death penalty because he said that executions were an "important sy...  Read more

Nebraska's Catholic Bishops Call for Repeal of Death Penalty

"...He said, "Dignity of people is from conception to death. It is contrary to the dignity of somebody to electrocute them. I just think that's the basis of it. We can keep people safe. We have secure ways to keep people who can't live in society, without the death penalty."..."
http://www.nebraska.tv/story/28561895/nebraskas-catholic-bishops-call-for-repeal-of-death-penalty

Pope Calls Life Sentences In Prison 'Hidden Death Sentences'

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has condemned the practice of extraordinary renditions used by the CIA after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Read More -... Read more

Shocking Percentage Of Death Row Inmates Are Innocent

"What the researchers call a "conservative estimate" about the number of wrongfully convicted death row inmates is more than double the percentage of capital defendants who were exonerated during more than three decades that were studied. That means innocent people are languishing behind bars, according to the study.

The four authors reviewed the outcomes of the 7,482 death sentences handed down from 1973 to 2004. Of that group, 117, or 1.6 percent, were exonerated.

But with enough time and resources, the authors concluded that at least 4.1 percent of death row inmates would have been exonerated. In other words, more than 200 other prisoners would have been cleared during those three decades."

Read more here.

http://youtu.be/xlypgJ3Dsso