If she had faced the death penalty 30 years ago, she could have gone to the chair (or whatever) repentant and at peace. Apparently she never found peace in all those years in prison.
I have always thought that JPII’s focus on the death penalty has accomplished little but providing cover for pro-abortion Catholics, giving them a stick to beat pro-lifers with.
What JPII actually said in Evangelium Vitae didn’t change the Church’s moral teaching that capital punishment can be morally licit.
Do you remember Karla Faye Tucker?