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SEE ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT
The new Roman Catholic position on the death penalty, introduced in 1997, is based upon the thoughts of Pope John Paul II, whose position conflicts with reason, as well as biblical, theological and traditional Catholic teachings spanning nearly 2000 years.
Pope John Paul II's death penalty writings in Evangelium Vitae were flawed and their adoption into the Catechism was improper.
In 1997, the Roman Catholic Church decided to amend the 1992 Universal Catechism to reflect Pope John Paul II's comments within his 1995 encyclical, The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae). Therein, the Pope finds ... |
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| Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ, 10/7/2000, "At no point, however, does Jesus deny that the State has authority to exact capital punishment. In his debates with the Pharisees, Jesus cites with approval the apparently harsh commandment, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die (Mt 15:4; Mk 7:10, referring to Ex 21:17; cf. Lev 20:9). When Pilate calls attention to his authority to crucify him, Jesus points out that Pilate's power comes to him from above-that is to say, from God (Jn 19:1 l).Jesus commends the good thief on the cross next to him, who has admitted that he and his fellow thief are receiving the due reward of their deeds (Lk 23:41). "
1) 2004, Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with guidance to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated succinctly, emphatically and unambiguously as follows: June, 2004 "Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion. While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still be permissible to take up arms to repel an aggressor or to have recourse to capital punishment. |
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| The No Death Penalty Wisconsin (NODPWI) presents many inaccuracies, by commission or omission.
The NODPWI lists "A Dozen Reasons to be Against the Death Penalty" (1). Their listed reasons are false or misleading. A review is below.
NODPWI claims: 1) Risk of Killing Innocents - hundreds of people on death row have been released/exonerated. Four were exonerated only after they died awaiting execution.
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| This play is presented as a true story of six innocents sent to death row because of corruption within the system.
The Exonerated is a true story just as CATS and The Lion King are.
Reviews of each case, with links and contacts for your own review.
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| You write:
"That leaves the door open for Texas and other states to continue executing inmates using at least one drug that isn't fit for putting down dogs." (EDITORIAL, "How the high court may have changed the death penalty", EDITORIAL BOARD, Saturday, June 17, 2006).
Which drug is that?
I am very surprised that you persist in this manner, particularly in light of the two emails that I sent to you, below.
Did you find something which contradicted this?
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| As most of you know, I, and quite a few others, correct the media on death penalty issues, when we can. |
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| The innocents deception of death penalty opponents has been getting exposure for many years. Recently though, even the behemoth of anti death penalty newspapers -- The New York Times -- has recognized that deception.
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| In 1997, the Roman Catholic Church decided to amend the 1992 Universal Catechism to reflect the writings of Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical, The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae). Therein, the Pope finds that the only time executions can be justified is when they are required "to defend society" and that "as a result of steady improvements . . . in the penal system that such cases are very rare if not practically non existent |
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| 5 studies are reviewed, herein
1) For emphasis, population count is TOTALLY irrelevant, regarding any consideration of class or race/ethnicity bias in the application of the death penalty. The ONLY relevant factors in such a review is class, race/ethnic distribution of murderers and their victims in capital murders, as well as criminal history and the specific circumstances of the crime(s).
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| There are a number of inadequate issues raised in opposition to 16-17 year old murderers being culpable for the death penalty -- Brain science and other arguments are either weak or false.
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