NEW YORK — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his execution in federal prison, she
NEW YORK (AP) — After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a condemned man at his execution in federal prison, she wondered doubtfully, “Am I just part of this whole killing machine?” “The answer is ‘No,’” she decided, proceeding with her mission to the death [.]
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Leaders of a northern Mississippi city were motivated by anti-Muslim prejudice when they rejected a zoning request for what would be the first mosque in the area, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. World News | Lawsuit: Anti-Muslim Prejudice Prompted City to Block Mosque.
The lawsuit alleges that aldermen in the northern Mississippi city of Horn Lake turned down an application to build the mosque due to prejudice and asks that the decision be reversed.