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Evangelicals soften death penalty stance

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WASHINGTON (RNS) The largest coalition of U.S. evangelicals has stepped away from its pro-death penalty stance, which it embraced for the past 40 years.

The board of the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Evangelicals announced Monday (October 19) that evangelicals who both support and oppose the death penalty can legitimately ground their beliefs in Christian ethics.