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This latest adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir brings new layers of emotion and meaning.

Five executions in a week reveal fatal flaws in the legal system and the need to redouble efforts to end the death penalty.

An open letter from Sister Helen prejean to Assistant US Attorneys - Stand down from the Federal killings

An open letter from Sister Helen prejean to Assistant US Attorneys - Stand down from the Federal killings

A life sentence for stealing a pair of hedge clippers, and an egregiously racist court system.

An expired warrant and evidence withheld - a deeply flawed execution.

The Federal Government’s execution of Daniel Lee raises serious concerns on a number of fronts.

Oklahoma’s decision to restart executions comes against a backdrop of incompetence, secrecy, and cruelly botched executions.

For decades we have been gradually shutting down the machinery of death until it is rarely used, a geographical freak practiced by outlier counties. And now, here we have the federal government revving up the death machine.

Pope Francis is building on opposition to the death penalty that began with Pope John Paul II, who spoke about the dignity of guilty life as well as innocent life and described executions as cruel and unnecessary. I’ve been glad to play a part in these developments.