... while in prison, in 1998 shattered faith in capital punishment in the right-wing evangelical community. Led by Pat Robertson, Christian conservatives had unsuccessfully pleaded for clemency in Tucker's case, citing her religious conversion as a reason for mercy. Horrified, Robertson (the very same man who called capital punishment " a necessary corrective to violent crime" in 1988) denounced the "animal vengeance" corrupting American ... Censorship, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 98-104, March 1995. Penn M. Leaven of forgiveness: murder victims' families stand against the death penalty. Sojourners...

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