The state’s Catholic bishops implore Gov. Lee to commute Christa Pike’s sentence By Deacon Bob Hunt On Sept. 30, after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee refused her clemency, prison officials at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville carried out the state’s attempt to execute Christa Pike. An IV was obtained in …
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‘Did ya’ll see?’ and ‘Can you believe?’
Bad laws and bad processes still require a willing participant By George Valadie I remember it was a Friday when Christa Pike was finally able to get my full attention. She’d been in the news here and there since 1995 but especially of late. Mostly a Tennessee story but one …
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Bishops issue statement on Christa Pike
Bishops of the Lutheran, Episcopal, and Catholic dioceses of Tennessee issued a joint letter to Gov. Bill Lee on Oct. 1 on the Christa Pike execution attempt and the Church’s opposition to the death penalty. The letter read: “Dear Governor Lee. Grace and peace to you. We write as bishops …
Bishops respond to execution of Knox County death row inmate
Despite Pope Francis declaration that it is now ‘inadmissible,’ Tennessee carries out death penalty By Jim Wogan and Bill Brewer After Tennessee’s three bishops appealed to Gov. Bill Haslam to halt the execution of Billy Ray Irick based on Christian beliefs and Catholic teaching, the state on Aug. 9 carried …