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Could The Pope's Call To End The Death Penalty Keep Catholics Off Juries?, Aliza Plener Cover
Could The Pope's Call To End The Death Penalty Keep Catholics Off Juries?, Aliza Plener Cover
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The Pope And The Capital Juror, Aliza Plener Cover
The Pope And The Capital Juror, Aliza Plener Cover
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In a significant change to Catholic Church doctrine, Pope Francis recently declared that capital punishment is impermissible under all circumstances. Counterintuitively, the Pope’s pronouncement might make capital punishment less popular but more prevalent in the United States. This Essay anticipates this possible dynamic and, in so doing, explores how “death qualification” of capital juries can insulate the administration of the death penalty when community morality evolves away from capital punishment.