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Death Penalty and Restorative Justice |
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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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There are two categories of resources in the table below. Download means either that there is a downloadable document or that the text on that web page can be copied and pasted into your own document. Online means that the activity is interactive and must be done on the computer. |
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American Friends Service Committee This is an extensive look at death row. The title of the document is “The Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row through the Experience of Women.” This is for secondary school students. |
Download | Background Information | High school through adult |
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They have an excellent kit for “Faith in Action Against the Death Penalty” which is done in October. The kit is free. Look for these resources on the right hand side of the page. It is also downloadable. Disclaimer: We are very sorry about the stance that Amnesty International has taken on abortion. We offer this link to their materials about the death penalty because they present many valuable arguments about the death penalty. Our basic stance in our Catholic faith is that we are against the death penalty because we are consistently pro-life and the death penalty is a violation of the dignity of the person. |
Download | Background information | Parish Community |
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National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty There are many fact sheets available on this website, but of great interest is the youth activism section which has good concrete suggestions for youth to help abolish the death penalty. |
Online and download | Background information and actions | Middle school through adult |
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Teacher Information on the Death Penalty There is an online teacher and student guide to learning about the death penalty. |
Download | Complete unit | High school |
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Handbook of Catholic Social Teaching This integrates information and discussion questions on criminal justice. |
Download | Background information and discussion questions | Adult |
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Theology Library- Justice and Peace This site is useful for finding church documents linked to specific topics. |
Download | Theological reflection | Adult |
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Tim Robbins adapted Sister Helen Prejean’s book for the stage. This script is available for high schools, colleges and universities for performance as part of a dialog on the death penalty. |
Order | Drama with discussion questions |
High school and university for the performance Everyone for the discussion |
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This is a document which states that if the person is killed, they do not want the murderer to be executed. |
Download | Action step | High school through adult |
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Just News Just News is a publication of the Office of Justice and Peace for the Diocese of Richmond. Each issue is devoted to a single topic. |
Download | Newsletter | Adult |
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Catholic Charities Diocese of Camden, NJ This short video links the death penalty and Catholic Social Teaching |
Online | Video | Middle school through adult |
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Stations of
the Cross and the Death Penalty These stations are meditations on Jesus' way of the cross with prayer reflections, and connections drawn to capital punishment today. Stations were written for a Cleveland group, Catholic Students for Justice and Peace who embarked on a 160 mile bike trip to witness against the death penalty. You will also need the printing directions for the booklet. The resource comes from the Education for Justice website. The website is a subscription service, but well worth the investment. |
Download | Prayer Service |
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