Just hours before the sixth federal execution took place this year, and two days before the next one was scheduled, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.
U.S. bishops say ‘enough’ on federal executions
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’
In anti-death penalty and pro-immigrant opinions, Ginsburg sided with Catholic Church leaders, but she differed with them in her support for legalized abortion, same-sex marriage and the mandate that contraception be covered in all health insurance plans.
Cardinal Tobin asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Cardinal Tobin said capital punishment makes the United States morally stand apart in the world.
Setting of execution dates for federal death-row prisoners denounced
The June 15 execution dates decision for four federal prisoners on death row is denounced by critics.
Catholic leaders praise Colorado’s repeal of death penalty
Gov. Jared Polis signed a death penalty repeal bill March 23, 2020, to abolish capital punishment.
New report shows decreased use of death penalty in U.S.
Use of the death penalty in the United States continues to decrease, according to a report released Dec. 17 by the Death Penalty Information Center.
Death penalty foes applaud message of new movie ‘Just Mercy’
The upcoming movie “Just Mercy” has the potential to wake up out of a slumber the part of society that either doesn’t believe the death penalty is still in practice or chooses to ignore it.
In 2019, Supreme Court’s docket runs gamut of high-profile issues
Since the court’s new term began in October, the justices have heard cases on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, gun ownership restrictions and the death penalty.