Tag: death penalty
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act introduced in Congress; Bishops to support...
WASHINGTON -- A bill to ban the use of capital punishment by the federal government was reintroduced in Congress, where it faces steep odds...
Gov. Ron DeSantis disregards Catholic bishops, signs death warrant marking Florida’s...
WASHINGTON -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., moved ahead with his latest execution Feb. 23, over the objections of Florida's Catholic bishops who appealed to...
Josh Shapiro first Pennsylvania governor to call on lawmakers to abolish...
Gov. Josh Shapiro called on Pennsylvania's legislature Feb. 16 to end the death penalty, marking the first time a governor of the Keystone State...
First federal death penalty case heard under President Joe Biden, who...
The terrorism trial of Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of fatally striking eight people with a truck in New York City in 2017, began...
Death penalty opponents disappointed with U.S. vote against global death penalty...
WASHINGTON -- When the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution Dec. 15 to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing...
‘Race continues to play a major role in determining who shall...
WASHINGTON -- Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan...
Nikolas Cruz, school shooter who took the lives of 17 people...
MIAMI -- There is "no question" the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter "were heinous," but "a sentence of life in prison without...
Supreme Court considers DNA evidence that could clear Texas death row...
WASHINGTON-- In oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court considered the case of Texas inmate Rodney Reed, who has been on death row for...
Death penalty perspective in the United States carries on with the...
One of the maddening aspects of America's political landscape for Catholics is the inconsistencies of both political parties.
Some folks may oppose the death penalty...
Pope Francis says death penalty encourages revenge, not justice
VATICAN CITY — The death penalty is an affront to human dignity that offers no solace to victims and denies the possibility for conversion...