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                             Visit the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' website to read about the
                                              Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty.
 
 
 
 
                                                                FACTS OF INTEREST
 

                                 Fact Sheet: The Economics of Capital Punishment

                                                     Fact Sheet: Deterrence

                                                     Fact Sheet: Innocence 

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                                                       NEWS

June 6, 2009 -  Governor Rell Vetos Repeal of Death Penalty
March 26, 2009 -  New Hampshire House Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
March 18, 2009 -  New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty
February 18, 2009 -  Montana Senate Moves to Eliminate Death Penalty
June 25, 2008 -  U.S.Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty For Child Rapists
December 17, 2007 -    Bishop Praises New Jersey lawmakers for vote to abolish death penalty 
Death Penalty Repealed in New Jersey 
July 18, 2007 -  New Hampshire Supreme Court Seeks Input on Death Penalty

November 2005 - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a new statement on the death penalty entitled "The Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death"



                                            Articles of Interest

 
United States Bishops launch national campaign against the death penalty. 
In 1999 on Good Friday the USCCB made another appeal to end the death penalty

Statements by Pope John Paul II on the Death Penalty

Q & A on the Catholic Position on The Death Penalty

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops publications on capital punishment.

 
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