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Death to the death penalty
Christian Century, Nov 29, 2005
DEATH TO THE DEATH PENALTY: As part of a national campaign to end the use of the death penalty, a statement opposing the death penalty will be unveiled by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in mid-November. Says Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, D.C.: "We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing.
We cannot defend life by taking life." Trends show that support for the death penalty among lay Catholics is declining, coming more into line with the bishops' position--while the gap between clergy and laity is widening on abortion. A Zogby poll indicates that Catholic support for the death penalty declined from 68 percent in 2001 to 48 percent in 2004. Another analysis of Catholic opinions indicates that support for the death penalty dropped from 72 percent in 1999 to 57 percent in 2005. Cardinal McCarrick acknowledges that theology doesn't seem to be driving this downward trend among laity. Rather, it is more the consequence of the number of cases in which convicted inmates have been proved innocent after DNA testing (USA Today, November 8).
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