federal death penalty

In focus: Catholics at March for Life, federal death penalty case, Nicaraguan bishop to stand trial

The order reverses the Trump administration’s decision to resume executions of federal death-row inmates after a 17-year hiatus.

“The Phantom,” a new documentary on a capital murder case gone awry, is being released in theaters amid a Catholic Mobilizing Network campaign asking President Biden to abolish the federal death penalty.

The death penalty still exists in 27 states and about 50 prisoners are currently on federal death row.

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.

Archbishops Coakley and Naumann called on President-elect Joe Biden and Congress to declare a moratorium on federal executions.

President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to “ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve.”

Over 1,000 religious leaders have signed a joint statement urging President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr to stop the executions scheduled to take place in July and August at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.