Teaching Our Faith — Death penalty — Attack on human dignity
byThese teaching editorials focus on issues that are highlighted during October’s Respect Life Month. By now most readers may have forgotten that Kentucky even…
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Kentucky death penalty protocol declared unconstitutional by Kentucky judge
byA Franklin County Circuit judge ruled July 2 that Kentucky’s death penalty regulations are unconstitutional because they fail to provide for an automatic stay…
Retired priest to receive ‘Carl Braden Lifetime Achievement’ award
byThe Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression will present the “Carl Braden Lifetime Achievement” award to Father Patrick Delahanty, a retired priest of…
Bills aim to kill state’s death penalty
byBy Marnie McAllister, Record Editor The use of the death penalty in Kentucky runs contrary to the “Catechism of the Catholic Church,” which allows for…
Families ask for help to end death penalty
byMembers of the group Murder Victims’ Family Members for Reconciliation are asking opponents of the death penalty to support the work of the Kentucky…
It’s just a matter of time
bySo now the state of Kentucky is looking for a new way to kill its death row inmates. A few weeks ago the state…
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…
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…
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…
Maryland to end death penalty
byLegislators in Maryland have sent a bill abolishing the death penalty to the state’s governor, Martin O’Malley, and the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the…