The Death Penalty and Execution Alerts

We, the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill, whose mission is one of unity and reconciliation, declare our opposition to the death penalty while reaching out in compassion to victims of violent crimes.  We join our voices with our sisters and brothers from around the world who have denounced the use of the death penalty as a deterrent for crime and who consider the death penalty as a violation of human rights. (Corporate Stand Against the Death Penalty, December 10, 1998) Join with us in prayer for those on Death Row and their victims and to bring about a moratorium on the death penalty. We remember in prayer the families of the murder victims, those who are to be executed or are on death row, especially the innocent and their families and for all participating in executions done in our name. We pray for all working for a moratorium to end the death penalty especially Helen Prejean, CSJ. HOLD US IN YOUR MERCY, O God Catholic Social Teaching and the Death Penalty 2011 (Education for Justice) National Execution Alert - January 2012 Execution List - printable copy   As of December 2011, the number of people executed since resumption of the death penalty in 1977 is 1277. The number of executions in 2011 is 43. To contact the governors by e-mail or for more information about persons to be executed, go to: www.ncadp.org and click on Execution Alerts. Join us in taking action! January Death Row Inmate Victim(s) 5 Gary Welch (OK) Robert Hardcastle 18 Charles Lorraine (OH) Doris & Raymond Montgomery 19 Michael St. Clair (KY) Frank Brady 26 Rodrigo Hernandez (TX) Susan Verstegen     Anti-Death Penalty Links   Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty http://www.usccb.org/deathpenalty/ Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty www.cuadp.org Equal Justice www.quixote.org/ej Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation www.mvfr.org National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty www.ncadp.org People of Faith Against the Death Penalty www.pfadp.org PA Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty www.pa-abolitionists.org