headshot of Virgil Presnell, Jr.

Virgil Presnell

The state of Georgia plans to execute Virgil Presnell, Jr. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for the murder of eight-year-old Lori Ann Smithy and the rape of her ten-year-old companion.  The Catholic Church teaches that the death penalty is unacceptable in all cases because it is “an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the…