You searched for death penalty - NC Council of Churches

Worship Resources on the Death Penalty

March 19, 2014 by chris

ncchurches.org/2014/03/worship-resources-death-penalty

Date: Good Friday - Apr. 18, 2014
Topic: The Death Penalty
Focus Text: John 18:1-19:42
Because Christians have come to understand the cross as a rich symbol of all that […]

Race and the Death Penalty In NC

April 16, 2001 by chris

ncchurches.org/2001/04/race-and-the-death-penalty-in-nc

[…] North Carolina that has been undertaken during the past nine months – the North Carolina Death Penalty Study 2001. It is the first major social scientific study of the death penalty […]

Faith leaders call on NC governor for end of ‘racist and error-prone’ death penalty

April 8, 2023 · The News & Observer Leave a Comment

ncchurches.org/2023/04/faith-leaders-call-on-nc-governor-for-end-of-racist-and-error-prone-death-penalty

[…] faith leaders from around North Carolina are calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to end the death penalty. On Thursday, the North Carolina Council of Churches and the North Carolina Coalition for […]

Racial Justice Revisited

May 31, 2013 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2013/05/racial-justice-revisited

The death penalty is troubling on many levels. Among them: The public must bear the extraordinary costs associated with death penalty trials and appeals. The penalty’s effectiveness in deterring other murders […]

Resolution on the Death Penalty

April 23, 1987 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/1987/04/resolution-on-the-death-penalty

[…] a 5 to 4 decision upheld as constitutional the Georgia State Court’s imposition of the death penalty in the McCleskey case, despite strong and convincing evidence demonstrated in the Baldue study that […]

2021 Death Penalty Abolition Sabbath Toolkit

September 21, 2021 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/resource/2021-death-penalty-abolition-sabbath-toolkit

The North Carolina Council of Churches is promoting the weekend of Oct. 8-10, 2021, as Death Penalty Abolition Sabbath and are encouraging all faith communities to learn, preach, and pray about […]

Raleigh Report – April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2019/04/raleigh-report-april-11-2019

INTRODUCED BILLS CRIMINAL JUSTICE HB 587 – Repeal Death Penalty would abolish the death penalty, and all prisoners currently on Death Row would be resentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Introduced […]

Death Penalty Abolition

ncchurches.org/death-penalty-abolition

[…] first policy statements in 1970 urging the “abolition of capital punishment” and declaring the “ death penalty has been used disproportionately against black people in our society, thereby reflecting classist and […]

NC Marks Five Years Without an Execution

August 16, 2011 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2011/08/nc-marks-five-years-without-an-execution

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty notes an important milestone for the state today. It has been five years since North Carolina carried out an execution. The Council has long been […]

NC faith leaders ask Governor Cooper to commute sentences of death row inmates

April 14, 2023 · ABC 11 Leave a Comment

ncchurches.org/2023/04/nc-faith-leaders-ask-governor-cooper-to-commute-sentences-of-death-row-inmates

[…] Friday at West Raleigh Presbyterian Church to continue their call for an end to the death penalty that they say is racist and error prone, a message that for Rev. Dr. […]

Bulletin Insert from PFADP

February 21, 2013 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/02/bulletin-insert-from-pfadp

Our friends at People of Faith Against the Death Penalty have provided a bulletin insert for churches interested in helping work to repeal the death penalty. PFADP, which began as a program […]

Legislative Bulletin: Faith and the Death Penalty

August 31, 2021 by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

ncchurches.org/resource/legislative-bulletin-faith-and-the-death-penalty

[…] and racial bias of capital punishment. Check out this legislative bulletin that outlines why the death penalty is an issue of faith, what scripture tells us, facts about the death penalty […]

2012 A Victory for NC and for PFADP

December 7, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/12/2012-a-victory-for-nc-and-for-pfadp

[…] victory for people throughout the state and for the organization People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, which began as a program of the North Carolina Council of Churches. As PFADP, […]

Good News: Governor Perdue Vetoes Attack on Racial Justice Act

December 14, 2011 by chris

ncchurches.org/2011/12/good-news-governor-perdue-vetoes-attack-on-racial-justice-act

[…] the Racial Justice Act (RJA). The RJA is a two-year-old law which allows defendants in death penalty cases to introduce statistical evidence that racial bias affected their death sentence. It’s rebuttable […]

Ruling on Lead NC Racial Justice Act Case

April 20, 2012 by chris

ncchurches.org/2012/04/ruling-on-lead-nc-racial-justice-act-case

[…] (RJA) concluded today with a judicial finding of race discrimination in the operation of the death penalty in North Carolina. North Carolina Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks found that prosecutors deliberately […]

When Lawmakers Itch to Execute

May 7, 2015 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2015/05/when-lawmakers-itch-to-execute

[…] his crime warranted execution. Mounting doubts In the years since 2006, public support for the death penalty has eroded. That reflects a growing unease with a penalty that’s not only arbitrary […]

Racial Justice Act Supporters Push to Sustain Veto of New Bill

July 2, 2012 Leave a Comment

ncchurches.org/2012/07/racial-justice-act-supporters-push-to-sustain-veto-of-new-bill

The News & Observer

Death penalty opponents and advocates of the state’s Racial Justice Act have embarked on an intense petition drive, letter-writing and email campaign, targeting five Democrats in the […]

Rush to the Right Continues (Raleigh Report, April 5, 2013)

April 6, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/04/rush-to-the-right-continues-raleigh-report-april-5-2013

[…] Voter Suppression & Campaign Finance Other New Bills Commentary Tax Fairness Public Education Voting Rights Death Penalty Rush to the Right Continues From the first days of this legislative session, we’ve […]

Execution Foes at Legislature

April 9, 2013 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/04/execution-foes-at-legislature

[…] capital punishment back on track is generating a well-deserved pushback. People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, a group that for years has helped focus the case against executions, is bringing […]

Raleigh Report – June 1, 2012

June 1, 2012 by Rose Gurkin, Former Program Associate for Administration

ncchurches.org/2012/06/raleigh-report-june-1-2012

[…] overrides are also thought by the House and Senate leadership to be eligible for consideration.

Also in this Raleigh Report: Guns in Church, Gambling, Death Penalty, Boards and Commissions and more.

Raleigh Report — House Votes to Gut Racial Justice Act

June 15, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/06/raleigh-report-house-votes-to-gut-racial-justice-act

[…] it with language limiting the use of statistical evidence to show racial bias in the death penalty. Because this was done by amending an already-passed Senate bill, S 416 will go […]

A New Vision of Justice

April 14, 2023 by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2023/04/a-new-vision-of-justice

[…] I am joined today by our colleagues from the N.C. Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, and we are honored to stand with faith leaders from several traditions and many […]

Underage Drinking

November 12, 2002 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/2002/11/underage-drinking

Because early use of alcohol is such a causal factor in teen death and injury, there is reason for the faith community’s involvement in this issue. All faiths recognize the […]

Concrete Problems, Concrete Solutions

August 14, 2011 by Lee Foster, Former Duke Divinity School Intern

ncchurches.org/2011/08/concrete-problems-concrete-solutions

While it is true that central to Christian theology is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it would be erroneous to reduce the whole of Christian theology to […]

North Carolina Passes a Decade with No Executions

August 18, 2016 by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2016/08/north-carolina-passes-decade-no-executions

[…] them innocent. In 2015, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer cited their case as evidence that the death penalty is unreliable and likely unconstitutional. North Carolina’s murder rate declined, from nearly 7 murders per […]

Budget and Taxes Move Front and Center: Raleigh Report, June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/06/budget-and-taxes-move-front-and-center-raleigh-report-june-7-2013

[…] party alignment, should want to see those principles affirmed. Racial justice revisited May 30 The death penalty is troubling on many levels. Among them: The public must bear the extraordinary costs […]

Children and Gun Violence

October 28, 1998 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/1998/10/children-and-gun-violence

[…] cited by Children’s Defense Fund, 1998.) The United States leads the developed world in firearm-related deaths among children younger than 15. The rate is about three times higher than the […]

At the Legislature, a Fateful Crossing

April 30, 2015 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2015/04/at-the-legislature-a-fateful-crossing

[…] tangle of legal challenges, and it chafes the eye-for-an-eye contingent no end. Still, the unofficial death penalty moratorium in effect for nearly nine years encompasses a time during which the public […]

Resources for the Opioid Crisis: The Faith Community Responds

ncchurches.org/opioidresources

[…] can get involved in Harm Reduction and work around the overdose crisis. FACTSHEET ABOUT THE DEATH BY DISTRIBUTION BILL This is a factsheet by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition […]

Raleigh Report: Racial Justice Act Veto Override and Lobby Day to Stop Fracking Bill

June 4, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/06/raleigh-report-racial-justice-act-veto-override-and-lobby-day-to-stop-fracking-bill

[…] members worked tirelessly for the passage of the Racial Justice Act, which allows defendants in death penalty cases to introduce statistical evidence of racial bias. Last year, Governor Perdue vetoed a […]

Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2017/04/raleigh-report-april-17-2017

[…] 564 introduced by Sen. Barringer (R-Wake County) and referred to Senate Rules. H 604, Repeal Death Penalty, would provide that no crime could be punishable by death and would convert all […]

Raleigh Report – May 20, 2011

May 24, 2011 by Rose Gurkin, Former Program Associate for Administration

ncchurches.org/2011/05/raleigh-report-may-20-2011

[…] two years ago for the passage of the Racial Justice Act, which allows defendants in death penalty cases to introduce statistical evidence of racial bias in their cases. Now the new […]

Clergy, Laity and Child Abuse

December 2, 1998 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/1998/12/clergy-laity-and-child-abuse

[…] a name shall not preclude the Department’s investigation of the alleged abuse, neglect, dependency, or death as a result of maltreatment. (A separate paragraph requires a Department of Social Services […]

Help Sustain the Governor’s Veto of the Gutted Racial Justice Act

June 29, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/06/help-sustain-the-governors-veto-of-the-gutted-racial-justice-act

[…] years of discrimination against African American jurors is not enough to demonstrate racial discrimination in death penalty cases. Those representatives need to hear from you with a request that they help […]

2011 Legislative Seminar

February 7, 2011 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2011/02/legislative-seminar-coming-april-5

[…] Rayl, Campaign Coordinator, Sustainable Food NC, and Carol Brooke, Migrant Worker Attorney, NC Justice Center Death Penalty (including Racial Justice Act) Led by Tye Hunter, Executive Director, Center for Death Penalty […]

Resources

ncchurches.org/all-resources

We offer our resources for free because we want everyone to have access to them. But it takes a lot of time and effort to create these materials. If you’re […]

2023 Legislative Seminar

April 13, 2023 by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

ncchurches.org/event-single/2023-legislative-seminar

[…] This year our nation and our state have seen a record number of drug overdose deaths. Twice as many people now die in the United States from overdose than died […]

Criminal Justice Reform

ncchurches.org/criminal-justice-reform

[…] for rehabilitation and reintegration into society. Vengeance begets violence as people are condemned by the death penalty. Racial disparities are integral pieces of maintaining white supremacy through the courts, from cash […]

Raleigh Report — April 21, 2017

April 21, 2017 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2017/04/raleigh-report-april-21-2017

[…] manufacturers. Require law enforcement agencies to have written policy regarding the investigation of officer-involved deaths. Authorize courts to issue a gun violence restraining order, which would make it […]

2015: Our Conservatives Weren’t Kidding

December 31, 2015 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2015/12/2015-our-conservatives-werent-kidding

[…] whom should be issued a pistol permit. But another bill intended to jump-start North Carolina’s death penalty, on hold since 2006, didn’t seem to give the governor much pause. The bill […]

A Year of Setbacks, Pushbacks

December 29, 2013 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2013/12/year-setbacks-pushbacks

[…] law was scrapped entirely. The only good news, for those of us who think the death penalty should be abolished as error-prone and inherently unfair, is that North Carolina’s unofficial capital […]

Moving Backwards and Playing Games

May 24, 2011 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2011/05/moving-backwards-and-playing-games

[…] accused of capital crimes against whites were more than twice as likely to receive the death penalty as those accused of capital crimes against people of color? Then why were more […]

Raleigh Report – February 18, 2011

February 22, 2011 by Rose Gurkin, Former Program Associate for Administration

ncchurches.org/2011/02/raleigh-report-february-18-2011

[…] be designated as firearm-free.) In addition, businesses can be sued for any bodily harm or death that comes about “as a result” of their prohibition of locked and out-of-sight firearms […]

Blessed are the Merciful

August 2, 2009 by chris

ncchurches.org/2009/08/blessed-are-the-merciful

[…] society. People of color who are poor are the ones we punish most often; and the death penalty is the ultimate punishment—the antithesis of mercy. Mercy is lovingkindness, tenderness, compassion. The father in […]

Raleigh Report — February 28, 2017

March 1, 2017 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2017/03/raleigh-report-february-28-2017

[…] reversed, and 2) that the woman be provided “medical proof . . . that fetal death has occurred” before being given the second drug. For more information, including details about […]

Raleigh Report – April 26, 2011

April 28, 2011 by Rose Gurkin, Former Program Associate for Administration

ncchurches.org/2011/04/raleigh-report-april-26-2011

[…] was caused by alcohol or other drugs is not enough by itself to prevent the death penalty. Also, H 659 prohibits a defendant from using the insanity defense if prior or […]

Arizona-like Immigration Bill Introduced: Raleigh Report, May 3, 2013

May 6, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/05/arizona-like-immigration-bill-introduced-raleigh-report-may-3-2013

[…] Act and make it easier for the state to return to the use of the death penalty, has been passed by the Senate and is now in the House Judiciary B. […]

75 years later, unity keeps council going

May 27, 2010 Leave a Comment

ncchurches.org/2010/05/75-years-later-unity-keeps-council-going

[…] council – which gave birth to advocacy groups such as People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, the Triangle AIDS Interfaith Network and the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children – sees […]

Raleigh Report-Gun Bills Flood In

March 19, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/03/raleigh-report-march-19-2013

[…] the uses of statistical evidence to show that race had influenced the imposition of the death penalty, had been gutted by the last General Assembly, but H 306 would strike it […]

Hard year’s signposts in quest for justice

December 30, 2020 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2020/12/hard-years-signposts-in-quest-for-justice

[…] “No-knock” searches that can go tragically awry, such as the one that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor, would be more closely regulated. Law enforcement agencies are urged to […]

Legislative Advocacy

ncchurches.org/priorities/legislative-advocacy

[…] The Church and the Rural Crisis in North Carolina (May 5, 1988) Resolution on the Death Penalty (April 23, 1987) Our Partners Below is a list of our partners statewide with […]

Index by Scripture

ncchurches.org/lectionary-archive/index

[…] Year C) EZEKIEL Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Sustainable Living (Christ the King, Year A) Ezekiel 37:1-14; Death Penalty (Pentecost, Year B) JOEL Joel 2:23-32; Native American Spirituality (Proper 25, Year C) AMOS […]

Statements

ncchurches.org/about-the-council/issue-statements

The Council takes positions on issues through policy statements which inform, guide and frame our work. Policy statements are adopted by our governing body, often upon recommendation of one or […]

Staff

ncchurches.org/about-the-council/staff

[…] state House committee Faith leaders call on NC governor for end of ‘racist and error-prone’ death penalty 2023 Lenten Guide: Ash Wednesday Nicole Johnson, Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness nicole@ncchurches.org […]

Letters to the Editor Regarding Our Mission

January 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

ncchurches.org/2011/01/letters-to-the-editor-regarding-our-mission

[…] to bridge the gap between sinful man and a holy and righteous God, through his death and resurrection in paying the penalty for your sin, and mine, and purchasing a […]

About

ncchurches.org/about-the-council

[…] violence prevention, public education, raising wages, overdose awareness, racial equity, HIV advocacy, mental health advocacy, death penalty abolition, cash bail reform, and immigrants’ rights. With each new enterprise, the Council frequently […]

Donate

ncchurches.org/donate

[…] currently engaged across North Carolina include work on climate justice and resilience, cash bail reform, death penalty abolition, farmworker advocacy, and equipping congregations with mental health, healthy aging, and healthy lifestyle […]

A Bad Day for Veto Overrides

July 3, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/07/a-bad-day-for-veto-overrides

[…] issues will go away because of the overrides. Racial injustice in the administration of the death penalty will still be a blight on our state. We will still need more funding […]

Help Needed to Fight Repeal of the Racial Justice Act

June 26, 2012 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2012/06/help-needed-to-fight-repeal-of-the-racial-justice-act

[…] of discrimination against African American jurors is no longer enough to prove racial discrimination in death penalty cases. You know that’s wrong, and it guts the Racial Justice Act! Click here […]

‘We stand adjourned’ – finally!

October 3, 2015 by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

ncchurches.org/2015/10/we-stand-adjourned-finally

[…] legislature sent him a bill intended to clear roadblocks in the state’s use of the death penalty. Several other states have wisely decided that capital punishment is not worth the public […]

Evelyn and the Encyclical

June 18, 2015 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2015/06/evelyn-and-the-encyclical

[…] the Council’s staff, working primarily on farmworker issues, peace, gender equality, and abolition of the death penalty. And, years before there was much of a faith voice on climate change, she […]

Statement on the Trafficking of Human Persons

December 2, 2008 by North Carolina Council of Churches

ncchurches.org/2008/12/statement-on-the-trafficking-of-human-persons

[…] Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”(13) AMEN. 1 Genesis 1.27, NRSV 2 cf., The Death Penalty (April 23, 1987), Violence, Harassment, and Discrimination Against Gay Men and Lesbians (April 30, […]

Voices of Moral Mondays: It Takes A Village to Eat Breakfast by Stephen Boyd

November 22, 2013 by chris

ncchurches.org/2013/11/voices-moral-mondays-takes-village-eat-breakfast-stephen-boyd

[…] the only law we had to root out racial bias in the administration of the death penalty; to make it harder for seniors, low-income citizens, and college students to vote. And […]

Catholic Dioceses Withdraw from Council Membership

September 30, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/09/catholic-dioceses-withdraw-council-membership

[…] reform, protections for farmworkers, just wages and safe environments for all workers, elimination of the death penalty, care of God’s creation, economic justice in our society, peace, and the elimination of […]

Raleigh Report – June 21, 2011

June 23, 2011 by Rose Gurkin, Former Program Associate for Administration

ncchurches.org/2011/06/raleigh-report-june-21-2011

[…] Cap on Number of Charter Schools. Signed into law. S 9, No Discriminatory Purpose to Death Penalty (actually the gutting of the Racial Justice Act), passed in the House but was […]

Passing of Bishop Gossman

August 13, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/08/passing-of-bishop-gossman

[…] mentioned his leadership in bringing the Diocese into the Council; his powerful opposition to the death penalty and to war; and his influential hand in farmworker issues, including the settlement of […]

Raleigh Report: June 17, 2013

June 17, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/06/raleigh-report-june-17-2013

[…] to Veto RJA Repeal (from Carolina Justice Policy Center and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty) https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/13f42cebb3980d88 TAKE ACTION! Stop tax cuts for millionaires that make everyone else pay the […]

NC NAACP Launches Statewide Tour

May 29, 2013 by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/05/nc-naacp-launches-statewide-tour

[…] to voting, tax justice, adequate funding for state programs, support of vulnerable people, and the death penalty, among others. The Rev. Dr. William Barber, the state NAACP President, said that legislators […]

Moral Mondays Continue in June

May 25, 2013 by George Reed, Former Executive Director

ncchurches.org/2013/05/moral-mondays-continue-in-june

[…] to voting, tax justice, adequate funding for state programs, support of vulnerable people, and the death penalty, among others. One Council person who was there and who got arrested was Ron […]

Search results for: "death penalty"

Footer

Contact

Subscribe