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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty analyzes grand jury report
Patrick B. McGuigan, editor , The City Sentinel Wednesday, May 26, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY – The leading group organizing continued opposition to the state’s use of executions as a means of punishment held a major press conference at the Oklahoma state […]
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Executions remain on hold in Oklahoma as grand jury investigation continues, commission begins
Associated Press, Sunday, April 3, 2016 OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma bungled its last two lethal injections and had a third called off amid a drug mix-up, executions have come to a halt in a state that typically has one […]
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Still fighting the death penalty, Sister Prejean gets Pope’s blessing
by Rosie Scammell for Religious New Service January 21, 2016 VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two decades after her anti-death penalty work was transformed into an Oscar-winning movie, “Dead Man Walking,” Sister Helen Prejean’s campaign continues with the backing of Pope Francis. […]
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