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Catholic Bishops Join Call for Illinois Repeal

By Steve Hall

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a news release, "Bishops Urge Illinois Governor to Sign Bill Ending Death Penalty." Signing a bill to end the use of the death penalty would ?begin building a culture of life in our country,? said the bishop who oversees the domestic justice efforts of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in a letter to the governor of Illinois.             In his March 3 letter, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, joined the bishops of Illinois in urging Governor Pat Quinn to sign SB 3539, a bill that would end the use of the death penalty in Illinois and provide funds for training for law enforcement and services for families of murder victims...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).