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Supreme Court examines dementia, health issues in death penalty cases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term:...
Top Vatican diplomat calls for universal abolition of death penalty
VATICAN CITY — Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment...
Catholic death penalty opponents praise pope’s catechism revision
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Aug. 2 announcement that Pope Francis had ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church calling the death...
Pope Francis revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism...
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev subject of U.S. Supreme Court review in death-penalty case
WASHINGTON -- Just two days after this year's Boston Marathon, the Supreme Court revisited the bombing at the 2013 race that killed three people...
Texas death-row inmate Ivan Cantu executed despite allegations of false testimony at trial
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan's 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy...
Alabama turns death row inmate into ‘guinea pig’ with first known execution by nitrogen...
The state of Alabama carried out the first known execution by nitrogen gas Jan. 25 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal...
Alabama death-row inmate Kenneth Smith scheduled for first known execution by nitrogen gas
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama --...
Florida bishops argue state-sanctioned killing fuels ‘growing societal disrespect’ for life as another death...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- At the beginning of the 10th month of 2023, Florida might execute its sixth death-row inmate of the year; a person...
Governor Ron DeSantis signs death warrant; Florida inmate James Barnes scheduled for Aug. 3...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida will mark its fifth execution of 2023 as the state will execute James Barnes Aug. 3.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the...