The Catholic bishops of New Mexico in an August 18 statement said they oppose Republican Gov Susana Martinez's plan to reinstate the death penalty and called on the legislature to reject it.
The bishops recalled that when the legislature in March 2009 repealed "the morally untenable practice of the death penalty," they applauded the move, calling it "a milestone" that was "moving New Mexico from a culture of violence to a culture of peace, justice and love."
"The state created life in prison without the possibility of parole. This renders a perpetrator harmless to society," they said.
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