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Electric chair, firing squad added to death penalty methods in South Carolina
WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill requiring death-row inmates to choose between the electric chair or the...
Catholic leaders see Derek Chauvin verdict as a call for more action
WASHINGTON -- Although Catholic leaders across the country called the April 20 jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial a moment of justice, they...
Boston Marathon bomber will have death penalty case reviewed by Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s March 22 announcement that it would hear a government appeal to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber...
Those executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from Supreme Court, justice Sonia Sotomayor writes
WASHINGTON — Although the Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Dustin Higgs Jan. 15, two justices made their objections known loud...
Convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery put to death after early-morning Supreme Court reversal
WASHINGTON -- After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row...
Key issues impacting church played big part in 2020 Supreme Court decisions
WASHINGTON -- The busy year for the Supreme Court had the attention of the Catholic Church from major decisions it announced this past summer...
Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures
WASHINGTON — A move by the Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences — to include electrocution, gas or...
Supreme Court denies stay of execution for Texas inmate Orlando Hall; sentence carried out...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court Nov. 19 denied a stay of execution for federal inmate Orlando Hall, who was put to death by lethal...
With more federal executions pending, U.S. bishops call on Trump, Barr to stop capital...
WASHINGTON — In response to the upcoming federal execution of Orlando Hall Nov. 19, and two more federal executions scheduled to take place in...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Pervis Payne
WASHINGTON -- A Tennessee death-row inmate scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 was granted a reprieve until April 9 by the state's Republican governor,...