Cenk Uygur
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Priest Wanted His Killer Spared
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February 1, 2017
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6:35Now PlayingA murdered priest was so against the death penalty that he wanted his murderer to not face the death penalty. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“More than 20 years before his murder, Father Rene Robert pleaded to spare his future killer’s life.
Robert, a Catholic priest in St. Johns County, Florida, was staunchly opposed to the death penalty. When Florida was scheduled to execute an inmate, Robert would gather congregants to pray for the prisoner, the Augusta Chronicle reported in July, and he prayed for Florida to abolish the death penalty.
In 1995, he signed a notarized “Declaration of Life,” asking that, in the event of his murder, the killer would be allowed to live. Twenty-one years later, at age 71, Robert was murdered, allegedly by Steven Murray, a repeat offender Robert had hoped to rehabilitate. Now Murray could face the death penalty if convicted, and the sentence is the opposite of what Robert would have wanted, his fellow clergy say.”
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