capital punishment

Catholic activists pushing politicians to turn tide against the death penalty

Soon, probably next week, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy  will sign into a law a bill that abolishes the death penalty in his state. When he does, Connecticut will be the fifth state to enact such legislation in as many years — and the third with a governor who was raised Roman Catholic. As a younger man, Malloy supported the death penalty. …

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Jared Loughner Trial Could Expand Support for the Death Penalty

The leering mug shot, the six dead, including a child—Jared Loughner may be the most unsympathetic defendant since Timothy McVeigh. And death penalty opponents worry his trial could spike support for execution. Death penalty opponents in the United States have become optimistic of late, even cheerful. Support for capital punishment has declined to 64 percent, according to Gallup, the lowest …

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