Treaty concerns prompted Rankin to urge against death penalty
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Mario Murphy, a 25-year-old Mexican, was executed Sept. 17 for the 1991 slaying of a Navy cook in Virginia Beach, Va., despite appeals by the Mexican government — and the Southern Baptist International Mission Board’s president, Jerry Rankin.A copy of a Sept. 11 letter from Rankin to Virginia Gov. George Allen was given […]
