Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing...

Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh would amount to honouring a request to commit suicide. McVeigh's request to drop all appeals, clearing the way for his execution on May 16, was "an act of despair ... a request for suicide," Cardinal Francis George said. "It is a false promise that the death penalty gives closure to victims' families," said the prelate, speaking to a gathering that included the relatives of murder victims who have become death penalty opponents.