https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to death penalty en https://religiondispatches.org/2019/03/28/christian-or-nothing-buddhist-prisoner-be-executed-without-buddhist-chaplain-updated In the rare instances when courts roll back Christian privilege, the cries of persecution are swift. But parity is not oppression. And the erosion of unwarranted privilege is not persecution; it is the steady march toward equality. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:18:57 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 4088a8a1-7a5c-4d13-9d9e-c3d35431d694 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/23/tsarnaev-trial-catholics-need-not-apply Last week on RD, Anthony Santoro presciently wrote: Since nearly half of six million residents identify as Catholic, however, a sizable number of potential jurors—those who follow the Church’s teaching on capital punishment—are likely to be excluded from jury service… Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:02:50 EST Evan Derkacz 08d65af6-f986-40de-ad2b-481752a5827f https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/15/religious-freedom-issue-may-cost-accused-boston-bomber-his-life Forget the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should worry about “death-qualifying” the jury. Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:37:46 EST Anthony Santoro d09a39f1-5562-451f-81bc-18a203e4e271 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/06/al-mohler-wishes-we-could-have-death-penalty-under-perfect-conditions Following last week’s botched execution in Oklahoma, religious leaders began to weigh in on the moral quality of capital punishment. One of these, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler, argued that Christians should support capital punishment, despite the problems… Tue, 06 May 2014 03:35:52 EDT Eric C. Miller 0c27c5ae-51a4-45e9-932e-aa66f0ef7281 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/13/death-penalty-inconsistent-life With Kennedy v. Louisiana the highest court in the land has given America a wonderful gift: it has reminded us that life is the highest value there is; the life of humans, of all the species, of nature. Sun, 13 May 2012 03:31:59 EDT Ada María Isasi-Díaz f4c88f2d-11bc-4aac-a3aa-4d2bc2ad86c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/10/05/does-religion-justify-murder-troy-davis-updated Does your conscience, religious or secular, feel outrage? And does your heart cry? These, not dogma, creed, purity or piety, are the signs that your soul is awake. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:25:05 EDT Jay Michaelson 99e10952-e19e-4a9b-b2e6-cdd544c9434b https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/19/state-executioner-rick-perry-did-not-invent-death-penalty It would be wrong to think that it is only Texas Governor Rick Perry’s boasting over his state’s punitive body count in a recent Republican debate that has put the death penalty back in the news (Texas led the nation with 167 executions from 1976-1998 and still leads with an incredible 234 since Perry became governor in 2000). Not at all. It is only our collective racial amnesia and apparent moral callousness where death is concerned that can make it seem this way. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:40:11 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht 4914db37-c730-4a12-9090-5734ee60d66a https://religiondispatches.org/2009/11/30/ugandas-radical-anti-gay-measure-and-american-religious-right A proposed measure in Uganda would make repeated homosexual activity punishable by death. Anti-gay activists in the United States may think that it goes too far, but they laid the groundwork for it. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:28:42 EST Michelle Goldberg e7070653-d37a-4d43-9a29-a117acd27f3a https://religiondispatches.org/2009/10/28/homophobic-uganda-purpose-driven-nation An experiment in right-wing Christian social thought, Uganda is poised to pass anti-gay legislation. Will the US Senate leverage its weight in opposition? Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:39:43 EDT Nick Street e6728166-ba3f-475c-9395-b074397b97ec https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/07/labor-day-reading-innocent-man-sent-dust-state A recent story in the New Yorker on the execution of an innocent man seldom mentions religion, though the elements are all there. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:34:28 EDT Diane Winston 4abab312-f69c-4359-b3e5-f0f9b25eb6bb https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/papal-pocket-benedict-xvi-and-press When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States for the first time this month, the media will tread lightly. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:27 EDT Mary Hunt 92594523-ee2a-48a7-8fa4-fb18345ee56b https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/19/america-religious-values-and-death-penalty-or-if-it-was-good-enough-jesus-and-socrates The United States is still using the logic of vengeance in enforcing the death penalty, and it is the only Western country within its primary coalitions to do so. When did it start? How can it end? What is wrong with us? Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:19:41 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht 5997ab78-7eea-41c2-b48a-72093d102761 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/19/its-bring-your-gun-church-day Christian Security Network; The Rev. Lowery & The Rev. Moon Cross Paths; Economic Crisis May Downsize Death Penalty; Christian Author’s $10,000 Challenge; and Conservatives in Hollywood donate to McCain/Palin. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:10:54 EDT Bill Berkowitz 663cf5c6-9b52-4c05-8540-86a7c0e86362 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/16/death-penalty-debated-dedicated-memory-sarah-horowitz The tension between an anti-death penalty activist and her conservative father, author David Horowitz, echoes the nation’s tension. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:37:58 EDT Bill Berkowitz a547ba80-9861-4e0d-89ed-003ee4e4c50f https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/02/reply-pastor-rod-parsley-bible-and-death-penalty Megachurch pastor Rod Parsley took issue with a recent article on RD on biblical and ethical challenges to the death penalty. Its author responds… Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:08:38 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht c1e6e3c0-03b6-41d0-8229-c5f806581313