“There can be no justice on the fly in matters of life and death.”

A picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus hangs above my bed and is one of my most precious possessions. Its artist, like Jesus, has been condemned to die for his crimes.

The rush of federal executions was an “aberration” that does not reflect the great successes of the death penalty abolition movement in recent years.

For 17 years the attorneys general of the United States did not pursue death even though that power was in their hands, then you hit somebody like Trump.’

It’s hard to see Attorney General William Barr as doing anything but consciously, defiantly thumbing his nose at Catholic teaching.

The Trump administration's execution spree in the second half of the year was without precedent and widely condemned.