ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—This week the fight over the death penalty is back. Lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill to get rid of capital punishment in Maryland. Now there’s strong and surprising words on the controversial issue.
Praying for legislation. Opponents to the death penalty renew calls to end the punishment in Maryland. It comes just days before the General Assembly begins examing the controversial issue.
A little known confession, if you might call it, from Baltimore’s archbishop during a prayer service aimed at increasing support to repeal the death penalty . . .
”I was for the death penalty most of my life, then I looked into it more deeply. And I realized as a man of faith and a Catholic, I had to take life more seriously and respect it more,” said Archbishop Edwin O’Brien.
“The death penalty is not only injustice and expensive, but it doesn’t deter crime.”
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it deters that individual from repeating murder. How messed up is this society? we can kill innocents but can not kill those who think nothing of taking anothers life?
ReplyDeleteHow about that wacko archbishop let them all live with him?
It doesn't deter crime because we don't use it enough, and are too slow to do so on those rare ocassions that we do use it.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, no one speaks for the victims...
ReplyDeleteI agree with 1:22. Solution......start using it where applicable. And not after 10 years of appeals.
ReplyDeleteThe leftist bleeding heart liberals are so stupid. Of course it is a big deterant to crime. Because I have never seen a dead person commit a crime and you haven't either. So we should keep the death penalty and then use it more often. And when someone is on death row they should be executed
ReplyDeletein a timely fashion and not sit on death row for years.
texas is a prime example of what you speak.
ReplyDeletelot of timely executions there. the most in the country, last I checked.
hasn't had much, if any, effect on crime levels there. kinda disputes your argument doncha think?