Tennessee Catholic Bishops Join Call for Clemency for Inmate Who Survived Execution Attempt
Faith leaders said the failed lethal injection showed Tennessee cannot carry out executions humanely and urged Gov. Bill Lee to replace death with life in prison.
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Catholic bishops from the US state of Tennessee have joined a new wave of calls for Governor Bill Lee to change the death penalty for Christa Pike to life imprisonment and prevent another attempt to execute her. In the letter, they stressed that by doing so they do not belittle what the convict has done, but justice does not have to turn into revenge, according to them.
After botched execution in Tennessee, Catholics pray for the end of the death penalty
“We have, unfortunately, a lot of examples that point to why the death penalty should be ended once and for all," the head of the Catholic Mobilizing Network said after a woman survived two failed attempts to execute her by lethal injection.
Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %
(OSV News) — After Tennessee officials failed in their Sept. 30 attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike… The post Tennessee Catholic bishops join call for clemency for inmate who survived execution attempt appeared first on Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond.
After the failed execution of Christa Pike and his resuscitation, Tennessee Catholic and Episcopalian bishops ask the governor of the U.S. state to commute his death penalty and maintain his opposition to capital punishment
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