Debating religion and the death penalty

The Baltimore Sun this morning has this interesting article, entitled “Faithful split on death penalty,” which details that, as a scheduled execution approaches in Maryland, “the religious are lining up on both sides of the capital punishment debate.”  As detailed in the posts linked below, I always find the intersection of religion and criminal justice issues very interesting:

• Sentencing and religion
• Religion, sentencing and corrections
• Sister Prejean powerful perspective
• New resource examining religion and the death penalty
• Meth, mandatories and moral values
• Is there a “new right” on criminal sentencing issues?
• Miers, religion, and criminal justice issues