Capital Punishment

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[Del]

Fortunately, I live in a pro-life state. Wisconsin does not allow abortions, and the death penalty is not admitted in our criminal justice.

Life is protected from conception to natural death.

There is no effort to restore the death penalty in Wisconsin. But even if there were, we must balance the 1-per-decade risk of an execution (after a just guilty verdict) versus thousands of innocent lives lost to legalized murder.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin's executive branch and bureaucracy is dominated by that political party that encourages death as a solution to every sort of problem. Our focus is to continue to protect pre-born children. The culture of life is fighting to prevent physician-assisted suicide. Also of grave concern is the protection of schoolchildren who are being groomed and fast-tracked into gender transition therapies, which is essentially a physician-assisted suicide after which the victim survives with the affliction of life-long harm.

No pro-life Christian can conscionably vote for any candidate who supports these death-dealing policies. We must always-and-everywhere flatly refuse admittance, even if we might prefer their open-border or climate concern policies.

Meanwhile, a murderous angry racist who swerved his SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade is sitting six consecutive sentences of life-without-parole plus 762.5 years for numerous aggravated assault charges.


(All -- Please forgive the multi-syllabic language. I tried to make this complicated enough for wosbald to understand.)

[Wosbald]

+JMJ+



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--> --> Governor Shapiro Announces He Will Not Issue Any Execution Warrants During His Term, Calls on General Assembly to Abolish the Death Penalty

[Wosbald]

+JMJ+

Pennsylvania governor calls on state lawmakers to abolish capital punishment as 'statement of morality'

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks Feb. 4, 2023, during the Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Philadelphia. On Feb. 16, Shapiro called on his state's legislature to end the death penalty, marking the first time a Pennsylvania governor has formally called on the legislature to abolish the practice. (OSV News photo/Hannah Beier, Reuters)

Gov. Josh Shapiro called on Pennsylvania's legislature Feb. 16 to end the death penalty, marking the first time a governor of the Keystone State has formally called on lawmakers to abolish the practice. Shapiro also said he will not authorize its use during his term.

Shapiro, a Democrat who was sworn in Jan. 17 as governor, announced his decision during remarks while visiting the Mosaic Community Church in West Philadelphia.

"I will not issue any execution warrants during my term as Governor," Shapiro wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.

"When one comes to my desk, I will sign a reprieve every time — and I'm asking the General Assembly to send me a bill abolishing the death penalty in Pennsylvania once and for all," he said.

Shapiro, who has been vocal about his Jewish faith, cast his decision as a matter of conscience.

"I have considered every aspect of Pennsylvania's capital sentencing system, reflected on my conscience and weighed the tremendous responsibilities I have," he said. "Pennsylvania should do what 25 other states have done in outlawing the death penalty or refusing to impose it."

Shapiro stressed that his decision not to authorize the practice "is not a statement on the integrity of individual capital convictions in Pennsylvania."

"This is a fundamental statement of morality," he said. "Of what's right and wrong. And I believe Pennsylvania must be on the right side of this issue."

Shapiro's remarks dovetail with the Catholic Church's call to abolish the death penalty worldwide.

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"We applaud Governor Shapiro's decision to not issue any death warrants during his term as Pennsylvania's governor," Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network, told OSV News. The group she heads opposes capital punishment consistent with Catholic teaching.

"His announcement today went an important step further by urging Pennsylvania lawmakers to pursue repeal legislation, and to make a concerted effort to remove capital punishment from Pennsylvania’s books for good," Vaillancourt Murphy said. "His announcement is an important reminder that governors have a critical role to play in moving states away from vengeful systems like capital punishment and toward more equitable and life-affirming approaches to justice."

Vaillancourt Murphy said Shapiro "is correct in saying that ending capital punishment comes down to morality — the death penalty’s systemic flaws are plentiful, but the degree of its moral bankruptcy is interminable."

"Because of this, it will take strong moral will from our political leaders to abolish it," she added. "We were grateful to see an example of this kind of moral leadership coming from Gov. Shapiro today, and we pray that more governors in death penalty states will soon follow suit."

Pennsylvania has carried out three executions since 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, and currently has the country’s fifth largest death row.

In 2021, the Biden administration ordered a moratorium on carrying out federal death sentences. That policy suspended, but did not end, the practice at the federal level.

[Wosbald]

+JMJ+

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--> --> Nitrogen gas execution: An abomination in Alabama [Analysis, Opinion]

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Acts 5:1-11

[Biff]

Acts 5:1-11

But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.



Nice story, bro. What's it got to do with capital punishment?

[jruegg]

Acts 5:1-11

Nice story, bro. What's it got to do with capital punishment?

Great question. Seems like God is the Lord of life. I'm glad the Lord doesn't seem too anxious to take Christians' lives anymore when we sin against him. Aren't you?

[FredS]

Acts 5:1-11

Nice story, bro. What's it got to do with capital punishment?

Great question. Seems like God is the Lord of life. I'm glad the Lord doesn't seem too anxious to take Christians' lives anymore when we sin against him. Aren't you?

If I understand, JrEgg is saying that if God wants you dead then you're dead. He won't work through men or our courts to do the dirty work.

[jruegg]

Nice story, bro. What's it got to do with capital punishment?

Great question. Seems like God is the Lord of life. I'm glad the Lord doesn't seem too anxious to take Christians' lives anymore when we sin against him. Aren't you?

If I understand, JrEgg is saying that if God wants you dead then you're dead. He won't work through men or our courts to do the dirty work.

Something like that. I also figured it was important to actually bring in Scripture to the THEOLOGY board.