Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 99.
Justice Stevens changed death penalty views during three decades on court
Bishops may revise U.S. catechism to update capital punishment stance
During their June 11-13 meeting in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops are looking at what the U.S. church teaches its adult members about the death penalty and they will vote about adding a revised passage to the U.S. Catechism for Adults about this.
Executions down globally, but up in U.S., says Amnesty International
The number of executions worldwide has dropped by almost one-third, Amnesty International said in its latest review of the death penalty.
Supreme Court blocks death penalty case of inmate with dementia
The Supreme Court is sending a death-row case back to the lower courts to determine if the inmate’s dementia, brought on by strokes he suffered while on death row, should prevent him from being executed.
Death penalty a ‘grave’ violation of human right to life, pope says
In a video message to participants at the World Congress Against the Death Penalty Feb. 27, Pope Francis said the death penalty is a cruel violation of the basic right to life and robs people of the chance to repent and make amends for the crimes they have committed.
Supreme Court throws out inmate’s death sentence due to mental disability
or the second time in his case, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an inmate’s death penalty sentence because of his intellectual disability.
Kavanaugh could be deciding vote in Supreme Court death penalty case
The latest death penalty case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court was not about if a death-row prisoner should be executed and the newest member of the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, could be the deciding vote on the outcome.
Order in the court: Amid drama, Supreme Court gears up for new session
With or without closure on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the court is set to resume what it does: listening to oral arguments and making decisions.