John Allen on the death penalty
December 21, 2007, 2:03 pm
Posted by John McGreevy
John Allen is interesting on the global Catholic contribution to movement against the death penalty. The list of countries voting against the U.N. resolution in opposition to the death penalty — U.S. China, Iran, Sudan and Singapore — won’t enhance your Christmas cheer.
If the U.S. voted for a moratorium on the death penalty, what would the implicaton be for the behavior of, say, Texas in this matter? I hasten to add that I am a native of Rhode Island, a state that abolished the death penalty in the 19th century.