Tag: death penalty

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Christian faith leaders in early December called on the state of Tennessee and Republican Gov. Bill Lee to stop all...

WASHINGTON -- Although there was a significant increase in executions in the U.S. in 2025, a smaller number of new death sentences was imposed,...

WASHINGTON  -- Despite an uptick in executions in the U.S. in 2025, opponents of the death penalty lauded decreases in new death sentences and...

VATICAN CITY -- Asked about some Catholics' criticism of the Archdiocese of Chicago giving an award to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Pope Leo XIV...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting that capital punishment will be sought for all murders in Washington, D.C. Trump's...

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops on Aug. 21 said it sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., asking him to stay the...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has...

WASHINGTON -- Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences...

The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 15 denied a state House committee's attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the...