Ending the death penalty. Promoting restorative justice.
Jan 4, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
If you’ve been following us for a while, you know that we tweet prayers during every execution that happens in the U.S.
It’s not unusual for us to see some angry responses. But during last night’s execution of #AmberMcLaughlin, the messages were especially vitriolic.
So we thought we’d take this opportunity to share why we hold these “virtual vigils” over Twitter, and why no amount of hateful messages will stop us from speaking out against executions.
Dec 30, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
In 1999, Brian Muha (pictured) was tragically kidnapped and murdered by two young men while a student at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. He was 18 years old.
The state of Ohio wanted to give Brian's killers the death penalty, but his mother, Rachel, disagreed.
As a lifelong Catholic, Rachel knew that capital punishment violated the sanctity of life.
She knew that killing Brian's killers would only serve to transmit her suffering — when what she really needed was for her suffering to be transformed.
