What Every Catholic Should Know About the Death Penalty - Fact Sheet
Resources
USCCB Fact Sheet
USCCB Pamphlet-A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death
A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death
This pamphlet is published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
It stands as a call for the nation to abandon the use of the death penalty and move one step closer to building a culture of life.
Links- End the Use of the Death Penalty
Death Penalty Information Center
DPIC is the premier source of information on all aspects of the death penalty
Stories
Article by Sr. Margaret Bulmer about her visit with a man on death row
from The Advocate, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Social Concerns, Jan-Feb 2009
Soul Force By Cynthia Stateman
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Books
NONVIOLENT PEOPLE by David Atwood
Jesus of Nazareth, St. Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Cesar Chavez, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Thich Nhat Hanh
The Autobiography of an Execution by David Dow
A new book by David Dow, The Autobiography of an Execution, captures the author's personal and legal experiences in representing over 100 inmates on death row. The book is a personal memoir of Dow’s encounter with the death penalty system, as he represents defendants and witnesses their executions. Publisher’s Weekly called the book “sobering, gripping and candid." Dahlia Lithwick of Slate said it is "a powerful collage of the life of a death penalty lawyer," in a NY Times book review (Feb. 14, 2010). Dow, a former death penalty supporter, is a professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an internationally recognized defense attorney. He is the founder and director of the Texas Innocence Network.