Church Teaching on the Death Penalty

Hour 3 for 1/28/25

Msgr. Stuart Swetland joined Drew to discuss the death penalty (5:13). Topics: dealing with criminal networks (8:39), why I’m against the death penalty (19:03), could we have killed Hitler? (22:56), my fiance was murdered; that’s why I’m for the death penalty (30:02), My sister was murdered; I’m against the death penalty (38:14), development in teaching (42:00), death penalty absolutism (45:07), and death penalty for treason (48:24).

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