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Monday, October 7,
2002
 Faith
Focus: Catholicism
 Listen
(en
español) to an interview with Bishop Gabino Zavala. Bishop
Zavala has
been the Auxiliary Bishop for the San Gabriel Region of the Archdiocese of Los
Angeles since 1994. A native of Guerrero, Mexico, Bishop Zavala grew up in Los
Angeles and attended St. John’s Seminary. He is a graduate from Catholic
University of America with a degree in Canon Law.
 Read
the transcript (en
español)
Issue Focus: The Moratorium Movement
In recent years, the abolition movement has been shaped - or some
might argue
threatened - by the increasingly powerful moratorium movement in the
United States.
A moratorium is defined as a temporary halt in executions, a step
that typically
allows for serious study of the capital punishment system as well as
a thoughtful
discussion of its faults and/or merits. Although not a new concept,
the moratorium
movement has flourished in recent years, bringing numerous new players into the
death penalty movement.
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Two road signs near
the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, an execution site.
(© Scott Langley) |
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