From the blog of Sister Helen Prejean

I want to share a letter I received from Kurt Rosenberg, the dedicated director ofWitness To Innocence. Witness to Innocence is spearheaded by former death row prisoners who have been exonerated and released from death rows across the United States and who are now actively engaged in the struggle to end the ( Read more... )

So I've finally finished reading A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green. Just some concluding thoughts. First of all, it is certain that he was innocent of the murder. Of that there is no doubt. It is also quite possible that he was not even part of the robbery. There is compelling evidence that he was not. But his court ( Read more... )

In my previous post about the book I'm reading by Thomas Cahill, A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green, I mentioned how I was only 40 pages in or so and already it had me captivated. At this point I am actually a little confused as to whether or not he was even involved at all in the robbery which led to the truck driver being shot ( Read more... )

"Dominique is where he is for two reasons only: because he is poor and because he is black."

So far this is one of the most striking lines in the book I began reading yesterday, Thomas Cahill's account of an innocent man sentenced to death in the nightmare of hell known as Texas' Death Row. This book is absolutely extraordinary, and I highly ( Read more... )

Finally, some positive pro-life news! The death penalty has officially been ended in the State of New Mexico! This is great reason to give thanks!

We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds.

At the set time which I appoint I will judge with equity.

When the earth totters, and all its ( Read more... )