A case before the Supreme Court Nov. 9 argues that death-row chaplains should be able to pray aloud with inmates and place their hands on them in prayer during executions.
Death-row spiritual advisers weigh in on Supreme Court case
Panelists urge Catholics to discuss death penalty at parish level
During an online panel about the death penalty Oct. 19, panelists stressed how capital punishment goes against church teaching, and they also urged the nearly 500 participants to promote this discussion at their own parishes by tapping into available resources.
Online pivot during pandemic benefits Catholic Mobilization Network
While many businesses and organizations were hamstrung by the near-immediate shutdown wrought last year by the coronavirus pandemic, the Catholic Mobilization Network flourished in ways like never before, according to its executive director, Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy.
Activists see temporary stop of federal executions as a starting point
The order reverses the Trump administration’s decision to resume executions of federal death-row inmates after a 17-year hiatus.
Sotomayor: 13 executed under Trump administration ‘deserved more’ from court
Justice Sotomayor issued a strong dissent to a Jan. 15, decision by the high court clearing the way for the execution of inmate Dustin Higgs at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
Lisa Montgomery put to death after Supreme Court reversal
After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery’s execution on hold, and it denied two other last-minute requests to postpone the execution.
Bishops call for an end to the federal death penalty
Archbishops Coakley and Naumann called on President-elect Joe Biden and Congress to declare a moratorium on federal executions.
Death penalty hits historic low in U.S. ‘despite federal execution spree,’ says report
A new report Dec. 16 by the Death Penalty Information Center said the use of capital punishment reached a historic low this year in the United States even with the return of federal executions by the Trump administration.