Death Watch

National Catholic Reporter, Dec 22, 2000

DANIEL HITTLE, 50, was executed in Texas Dec. 6.

CHRISTOPHER GOINS, 27, was executed in Virginia Dec. 6.

EDWARD CASTRO, 50, was executed in Florida Dec. 7.

CLAUDE JONES, 60, was executed in Texas Dec. 7. Jones was the 682nd 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 the executions done in our names.