Helen Prejean, Debbie Morris, and Elie Spitz Reflections on the Death Penalty in America

Published: April 14, 2005, 4 p.m.

b'The American public supports the principle of capital punishment, but there is a growing consensus among Jewish and Christian thinkers \\u2014 across traditional liberal/conservative lines \\u2014 that it should be abolished in this country or suspended while the system for imposing it is made more just. Reflections on justice, forgiveness, and the nature of God shed new light on America\\u2019s death penalty debate.'