Death Penalty Press Releases
Bishops Conference Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Death Penalty
for Juvenile Offenders, Spokesman Says
(05-047), March 1, 2005
Cardinal Opposes Expanding the Death Penalty for Terrorists
(04-205), October 22, 2004
Cardinal McCarrick Urges Court to Halt Executions of Persons for Crimes
Committed as Juveniles
(04-139), July 19, 2004
USCCB, Other Religious Groups, Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm That
the Juvenile Death Penalty Violates 8th Amendment
(04-138), July 19, 2004
Bishops Commend Governors Clemency to Death Row Inmates
(03-011), January 16, 2003
Cardinal Cites 101 Reasons to Abandon the Death Penalty
(02-062), April 24, 2002
Execution of Persons with Mental Retardation Violates Constitutional
Guarantee Against Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Says Catholic Conference, Other Religious Groups
(01-100), June 8, 2001
Statement of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops President on the
Execution of Timothy McVeigh
(01-104), June 11, 2001
Cathlic Leaders Say McVeigh Execution Will Compound the Violence, Not
Serve Justice
(01-068), May 2, 2001
Bishops Challenge Criminal Justice System; Call for Responsibility,
Rehabilitation, and Restoration
(00-282), November 15, 2000
Bishops Laud President for Delayed Sentence of Juan Garza, Seek
Commutation of First Federal Execution in 37 Years
(00-183), August 11, 2000
Cardinal Mahony Death Penalty Speech Calls for Moral Revolution
(00-126), May 24, 2000
National Jewish/Catholic Consultation in New Statement Urges End to the
Death Penalty; Pledges Joint Efforts for Abolition
(99-288), December 3, 1999
Papal Appeals for Clemency Sent to Governors in Texas and Ohio
(99-256), November 3, 1999
Papal Appeal for Spaniard on Death Row Sent to Florida Governor
(99-221), September 24, 1999
U.S. Bishops Welcome Popes Strengthening Catechism Teaching Against
Death Penalty
(97-194), September 11, 1997
U.S. Bishops React to Sentencing of Timothy McVeigh
(97-126), June 13, 1997
Catholic Bishops Call for Life, Not More Death, in Oklahoma Bombing
(97-115), June 5, 1997