Tag: death penalty

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...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 9 considered a bipartisan appeal to reverse the death penalty conviction of Richard Glossip, a case in...

VATICAN CITY -- Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope...

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...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama --...