The Resignation of Justice O'Conner and The Death Penalty
This article from Zenit.org, an Italian news website provides a thorough look at the US's current death penalty climate and the upcoming replacement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 9, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The resignation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from the U.S. Supreme Court will draw attention to a number of sensitive issues, including the death penalty. The eventual candidate's record on this issue will likely face careful examination by the Senate, which votes on high-court nominees.An Associated Press article July 2 noted that O'Connor played a key voting role on death penalty cases. Her successor, if seated by the start of the new term in October, would have to decide on four death penalty cases that are pending. The article noted that O'Connor supported the death penalty, but talked openly about her concerns as to whether it is being imposed fairly.
On March 21 the U.S. bishops' conference launched a campaign against capital punishment. "We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing. We cannot defend life by taking life," argued Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, when speaking at the National Press Club, according to a March 21 press release issued by the episcopal conference.
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