N.C. Religious Leaders Call for Death Penalty Moratorium

More than three dozen religious leaders delivered a letter to North Carolina's legislators and The Guv yesterday, calling for a two-year moratorium on the death penalty, while its application is studied for fairness (see here: scroll down). The same group made a similar pitch in 2004.

The N&O says that some 166 congregations have signed onto the moratorium movement, which may be significant. Though we can't find this morning the list of religious leaders who signed this most recent appeal, the 2004 letter is note-worthy for the almost complete absence of Southern Baptists. Hmmmm.

"Culture of Life"? Only when it involves a fetus or the brain-damaged poster child of self-righteous presumption.