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  "path": "/2026/07/02/god-commands-us-not-to-kill-faith-leaders-protest-50-years-of-executions/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T22:23:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://religionnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "Beliefs",
    "Black Protestants",
    "Catholicism",
    "Christianity",
    "Clergy & Congregations",
    "Death & Dying",
    "Doctrine & Practice",
    "Ethics",
    "Evangelical",
    "Faiths",
    "Government & Politics",
    "Home Top Three",
    "Institutions",
    "Judaism",
    "Law & Court",
    "Leaders & Institutions",
    "Legislation",
    "Mainline",
    "Medical Ethics",
    "News",
    "People",
    "Politics",
    "Protestant",
    "Race & Religion",
    "Social Issues",
    "U.S.",
    "abolition",
    "Catholic Mobilizing Network",
    "death penalty",
    "death penalty abolition",
    "Death Penalty Action",
    "Red Letter Christians",
    "Supreme Court"
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON (RNS) — On the anniversary of a Supreme Court ruling reinstating the US death penalty, faith leaders, those affected by murder and activists organize to call for an end to the death penalty. But religion has also been present in support for capital punishment.",
  "title": "‘God commands us not to kill’: Faith leaders protest 50 years of executions"
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