Resources for Killing in Our Name: Federal Executions and Pro-life Witness
January 8, 2021
These resources come from the participants in the Public Dialogue on "Killing in Our Name: Federal Executions and Pro-life Witness."
Articles
- After ‘A Life-time of Punishment,’ a Plea to President Trump for Mercy for Lisa Montgomery (National Review)
- Bishop Flores on King Herod and America’s sinful acceptance of the death penalty (America)
- In 2020, the Trump administration executed more prisoners than all states combined (America)
- Ohio's use of death penalty perpetuates racial injustice (Columbus Dispatch)
- Ten Indicators of Racism in Predominantly White Church Bodies and What You Can Do to Address Them
- The federal government is about to execute the only Native American man on death row—despite his tribe’s wishes. (America)
- This Lent, U.S. Catholics are called to reckon with the sin of capital punishment (America)
Books
- Dead Man Walking
- Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions
- Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity: A Catholic Encounter with Restorative Justice
- River of Fire: On Becoming an Activist
Podcasts
- World Day Against the Death Penalty with Fr. George Williams, SJ, and Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy (Jesuitical)
Reports
- The Death Penalty in 2020: Year End Report (Death Penalty Information Center)
Videos
- Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy Preaches for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Catholic Women Preach)
- SISTER (a documentary about Sr. Helen Prejean)