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Missouri executes inmate after Holy See appealed for clemency

October 6, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Oct 6, 2021 / 07:15 am (CNA).
Missouri on Tuesday evening executed Ernest Johnson, 61, an inmate convicted of murdering three people in the 1990s, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Johnson’s… […]

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In last-minute plea to Supreme Court, lawyers beg for prayer in execution chamber

September 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Sep 8, 2021 / 14:04 pm (CNA).
Religious freedom advocates are urging that Texas honor the request of a death row inmate to be prayed over in the execution chamber…. […]

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Charleston diocese ‘extremely disappointed’ with law recommencing executions

May 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., May 17, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
South Carolina on Monday became the fourth state to officially sanction the use of the firing squad as a me… […]

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Ohio governor: Lethal injection impermissible for executions 

December 9, 2020 CNA Daily News 2

CNA Staff, Dec 10, 2020 / 12:19 am (CNA).- The use of lethal injections will no longer be allowed for executions in the state of Ohio, and an alternative method must be found if capital punishment is to continue in the state, Governor Mike DeWine said … […]

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