The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors hosted a three-day seminar at the Vatican examining the rights in church trials of those alleging they suffered sexual abuse as children.
Papal commission looks at role, rights of alleged victims in abuse trials
Supreme Court examines mental ability standards for death penalty
In the second death penalty case before the Supreme Court this term, the justices were asked to consider if the state of Texas used accurate standards to measure intellectual ability to determine if a person can be executed.