Death Watch

National Catholic Reporter, June 2, 2000

JAMES RICHARDSON, 32, was executed in Texas May 23.

RICHARD FOSTER, 47, was executed in Texas May 24.

CHARLES FOSTER, 51, was executed in Oklahoma May 25. Charles Foster was the 635th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

We ask prayers for the victims of the crimes that may have been committed by those listed here, for those executed and for those participating in executions done in our names.