Exonerated inmate discusses death penalty
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer Seven years, eight months and 26 days. That’s how long Gary Drinkard spent in jail for a crime…
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Death penalty support is dying
byThere is a change in the air; you can almost feel it. It has nothing to do with the winding down of summer and…
Committee to discuss death penalty Aug. 1
byBy Glenn Rutherford, Record Editor Last week in California, a federal judge ruled that the state’s death penalty system was so broken that it…
Editorial — What next? Guillotine?
byWhat next, the guillotine? To avoid the horrific scene that played out in Oklahoma on April 29, where an allegedly-lethal injection once again went…
Death penalty’s time is over
byLast week the Associated Press, CNN and other news outlets reported that new evidence had been gathered by the Innocence Project which indicated that…
Lawmaker makes ‘conservative case’ to end the death penalty
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Assistant Editor With encouragement from the Catholic Conference of Kentucky, state Rep. David Floyd introduced a bill last week to end…
Catholics gather at the Capitol to visit lawmakers
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Assistant Editor FRANKFORT, Ky. — Expanding access to Catholic education and repealing the death penalty were the focus of this year’s…
Life, education on bishops’ legislative agenda
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Assistant Editor The Catholic Conference of Kentucky, the public policy arm of the state’s bishops, is following a variety of measures…
Mississippi woman tells of her years on death row
bySpecial to The Record SPRINGFIELD, Ky. — A woman exonerated from death row stopped by St. Catharine College late last month to discuss her…
Catholics called to help abolish the death penalty
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Assistant Editor Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz and other officials called on local Catholics last week to become more involved in efforts…