The Death Penalty -
Essays, Commentary, News, Statistics

The execution of Sadaam Hussein last December, taped with a cellphone and released worldwide, has reinvigorated the debate about capital punishment. In Focus looks at the Death Penalty issue, with an introductory commentary by Westchester Institute Senior Fellow, Dr. Christian Brugger.

Read commentary by Westcheter Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Christian Brugger on the Death Penalty Debate.

Catholicism & Capital Punishment
by Avery Cardinal Dulles

God's Justice and Ours
by Antonin Scalia

Christians and the Death Penalty
by Joseph Bottum

Catholic Moral Teaching and
the Problem of Capital Punishment
by Christian Brugger

Passages on the Death Penalty
from Evangelium Vitae

Declaration of the Holy See
on the Death Penalty

A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death, statement by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

News, Reports, Statistics

In Depth: Capital Punishment
CBC News

Survey of the Federal Death Penalty System
DOJ publication providing an overview
of the federal death penalty system.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

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