Bryan Stevenson: We Need to Talk About an Injustice
In an engaging and personal TED Talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a... MORE
Front Porch Peace
By Lauren Olsen In the week leading up to the Death Penalty Fast and Vigil, I surprisingly found myself growing more anxious and nervous about the notion of parading up and down the steps of the Supreme Court with an... MORE
Diminishing All of Us: The Death Penalty in Louisiana
A Study for Louisiana Catholics Committed to Repeal of the Death Penalty, Co-Authored by Alex Mikulich and Sophie Cull Louisiana Catholics Committed to Repeal of the Death Penalty and the Jesuit Social Research Institute have collaborated on a study that... MORE
Knowledge Without Love Is Sterile: The Death Penalty
By Audri Edmonds Through an analysis based on Catholic social teaching embedded in USCCB documents, this paper investigates how the application of the death penalty in the United States’ legal system uniquely impacts the African American community, and, in particular,... MORE
Juan Meléndez 6446 (español)
Por Nadia Barbarossa y Rosario Albert Juan Meléndez 6446, es un documental producido por la Comisión de Derechos Civiles de Puerto Rico. La película presenta la historia de Juan Meléndez, un inmigrante puertorriqueño criado en la ciudad de Nueva York,quien fue acusado en Florida por un asesinato que no cometió. Juan Meléndez fue encarcelado injustamentecondenados a muerte durante 17 años, 8 meses y 1... MORE
46 Executions in the U.S. in 2010 Are Still Too Many
By The Editors of the Washington Post (December 26, 2010) There is a reason for hope when no new death sentences are imposed in death penalty states, as happened in Virginia and Georgia in 2010. Also heartening are drops in... MORE
All Life Is Sacred
By Rick Potts, C.Ss.R. One of the biggest ironies of the pro-life movement is that many people who would move heaven and earth to convince a desperate, frightened mother not to kill her unborn baby would never consider trying to convince... MORE
American Bar Association Recommends Reforms to Missouri’s Death Penalty
The American Bar Association has released a report on Missouri’s capital punishment system after a two-year study of the state’s death penalty. The study was conducted by legal experts, including former and current judges, lawyers, and law professors. Douglas Copeland,... MORE
Bridges to Life News Story
Fox News Channel 29 in San Antonio, TX aired 2 news reports featuring the work of the Bridges to Life Restorative Justice Program. Bridges To Life is a faith-based nonprofit 501 (c) 3 corporation founded in November 1998, with a primary... MORE
Capital Punishment: The Death of Morality
By the Catholic Conference of Kentucky This two-part video produced by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky offers an introduction to the death penalty. The first video presents, among other things, facts about cost to the taxpayers. The second video examines... MORE