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"UMC death penalty stance single out Texas," is the title of an article distributed by the Church's General Board of Church and Society.  It's written by Kathy Gilbert of the United Methodist News Service.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' stay of execution for a death row inmate on June 3 answered the prayers of many United Methodists keeping a close watch on the case. Derrick Sonnier received his reprieve 90 minutes before he was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. The convicted killer would have been the 406th person executed by the state and the first executed in Texas after The United Methodist Church called for an end to the death penalty in the state that leads the United States in executions. The denomination passed its latest resolution against the death penalty on May 2 during its 2008 General Conference, which convened this year in Fort Worth, Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).