Last week, I received 47 separate messages to my e-mail, voice mail, and Facebook accounts concerning the wrongness of capital punishment in the case of Troy Davis, and 2 concerning the wrongness of capital punishment in the case of both Davis and Lawrence Brewer. [Brewer was executed on the same day as Davis, although he received far less attention since defending Brewer from a death sentence would have required a greater dose of moral courage.] Most of the messages came from ordained colleagues, including two bishops, and lay members of the Episcopal Church.
Would you like to guess how many messages to my e-mail, voice mail, and Facebook accounts I've received from those 49 correspondents concerning this approaching atrocity? If the answer is "0", you win the No-Prize.
Please read this article from the Independent Catholic News. [I would have linked to the story in the Episcopal News Service, but they haven't picked it up yet.]