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‘Jurist of historic stature’ — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at...
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18 at age 87, has been described in countless tributes as a cultural...
U.S. Supreme Court stops execution, says Texas prison officials need to review ban of...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison...
Catholic leaders denounce Texas rule banning chaplains from death chamber
WASHINGTON — Catholic leaders have spoken against the scheduled execution of Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16 and have denounced the state’s rule...
Walter Barton executed in Missouri despite objections from state Catholic conference, restorative justice advocates
WASHINGTON -- Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri's May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by...
Appeals court lifts lower court ruling blocking federal executions, sends cases back to lower...
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court decision April 7 lifted a lower court ruling that had prevented the execution of federal death-row inmates.
And although...
Federal judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Nov. 20 temporarily blocked the executions of four federal death-row inmates scheduled for December and January, saying the lethal...
Rodney Reed spared the death penalty, gains further court review after urging from Catholics...
WASHINGTON -- Five days before the scheduled execution of death-row inmate Rodney Reed -- who gained attention of Catholic leaders and celebrities alike --...
Reinstatement of federal death penalty met with opposition by Catholic leaders
WASHINGTON -- The July 25 announcement by the Justice Department that it is reinstating the federal death penalty for the first time in 16...
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, death penalty opponent, dies at 99
WASHINGTON -- Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale,...
California bishops applaud Gov. Newsom for death penalty moratorium
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Catholic bishops of California welcomed the March 13 decision by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue a moratorium on executions...