Abolishing Capital Punishment Jesus himself was a victim of the death penalty. The Precious Blood Leadership Conference has encouraged all those who share our spirituality to reflect on the death penalty as practiced in our country today. It is a testimony which removes a certain ambiguity which might otherwise affect the witness that we wish to give to the sanctity of human life in all its stages. We do not wish to equate the situation of criminals convicted of capital offenses with the condition of the innocent unborn or the defenseless aged or infirm, but we do believe that the defense of life is strengthened by eliminating the exercise of a judicial authorization to take human life.
All blood is precious.