Tag: death penalty
U.S. Supreme Court throws out murder conviction and death penalty for...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has...
President Joe Biden commutes most of the 40 federal death penalty...
WASHINGTON -- Several days after speaking with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute most existing federal death sentences...
Opponents of capital punishment urge President Joe Biden to commute existing...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences...
Robert Roberson cleared to face death penalty after Texas Supreme Court...
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...
U.S. Supreme Court considers appeal to reverse sentence of death-row inmate...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 9 considered a bipartisan appeal to reverse the death penalty conviction of Richard Glossip, a case in...
Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain Dale Recinella ‘Guardian of...
VATICAN CITY -- Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope...
Texas death-row inmate Ivan Cantu executed despite allegations of false testimony...
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 death-row inmate Kenneth Smith scheduled for first known execution by...
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...
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...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida will mark its fifth execution of 2023 as the state will execute James Barnes Aug. 3.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the...