tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post3156682392363474754..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: the monk is a bird who flies very fastbeth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-90593350939063198762007-02-24T23:05:00.000-05:002007-02-24T23:05:00.000-05:00Thanks, John.It's good to know that the Pope is sp...Thanks, John.<BR/>It's good to know that the Pope is speaking out on the Death Penalty. We have a long, long way to go on issues of justice and punishment. The number of people in the USA spending their life in prison with no chance of ever getting out is staggering. Many of those people are NOT guilty of murder. And I know more than a few who were sentenced when they were just 14 years old. It seems that we just throw people away. Prisoners are the lepers of our time.<BR/><BR/>I believe that Life in Prison should be reserved only for those people who cannot be rehabilitated and are truly criminally dangerous, and that would be probably less that 1% of those who are presently incarcerated.<BR/><BR/>Prisons are big business in our country. And that really interferes with justice.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-71927256511475698362007-02-24T19:36:00.000-05:002007-02-24T19:36:00.000-05:00Beth, not related to your posting, just thought it...Beth, not related to your posting, just thought it was an interesting article. Vatican Paper Condemns Death Penalty As <BR/>Affront to Human Dignity <BR/>A capital execution, it said, is "a clear offense against the inviolability of human life" <BR/><BR/>Echoing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the paper recognized the obligation of governments to protect their citizens, but it also said that "today it truly is difficult to justify" using the death penalty when other means of protection, including life imprisonment for murderers, are possible. Citing appeals made by Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI for clemency for people condemned to die, the paper said the Vatican supported international campaigns to proclaim a universal moratorium on the use of capital punishment and the abolition of the death penalty worldwide. <BR/><BR/><BR/> http://tcrnews2.com/<BR/><BR/>JPCJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472437677537813240noreply@blogger.com