For Dale S. Recinella, death row is a family affair. Since walking away from a high-powered law firm in the late 1990s,
the former attorney has been going cell to cell as a volunteer, lay Catholic chaplain to condemned prisoners in Florida.
His wife, Susan, a clinical psychologist, ministers to families of prisoners awaiting execution, while their five
children have corresponded with those inmates and visited others. The Recinellas also serve as a “Christian mentoring family” to
a convicted killer in jail for life. They comfort the families of murder victims as well.
Living deep in the Bible Belt, near Florida’s border with Georgia, Recinella
decided to undertake what he describes as a journey of research in the supposed biblical underpinnings of capital punishment.
The result is his book, The Biblical Truth About America’s Death Penalty (Northeastern University Press, 2004).
Links to Dale’s Journey
