The Death Penalty: A Closer Look

Faith communities play an enormous role in encouraging people to examine their stand on capital punishment. Knowing the facts, the social impact and the experience of those facing execution can help us serve in this important role.

Discussions of the death penalty stir divergent opinions, strong emotions and big questions. Recent cases in Georgia are in the national headlines. In March of this year, Kelly Gissendaner's execution was delayed due to concerns about the single drug to be used in her procedure. Since then, the debate about acceptable methods for execution has heated up across other states . The Georgia case Foster vs. Chapman, which challenges race bias in jury selection, will be heard by the US Supreme Court this fall.

We will learn the status of the the death penalty in the US and Georgia and who it effects. We will hear how one man faced the death sentence, was paroled and now ministers to prisoners.

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