One day after a parole board denied clemency to death row inmate Benjamin Cole, the archbishop of Oklahoma City registered... Read more
Pope Francis has asked Catholics around the world to pray in September for an end to the death penalty. Read more
Shortly after Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma denied clemency to death row inmate James Coddington on Wednesday, the Archbishop of... Read more
The Catechism of the Catholic Church calls the death penalty "inadmissible." Read more
The Texas bishops' conference expressed gratitude Monday that a state court halted the execution of Melissa Lucio over claims she... Read more
After the South Carolina Supreme Court set a date for the execution of Richard Moore, the Diocese of Charleston stated... Read more
The state of Texas should grant clemency to a woman set to be executed in April, a Catholic organization and... Read more
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of a man seeking to pray with his pastor... Read more
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Ramirez v. Collier on Tuesday, Nov. 9, almost two months after the... Read more
A Catholic organization is calling on Oklahoma to stop executing prisoners following yet another botched execution Thursday afternoon. Read more
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City has issued a call to prayer for the abolition of the death penalty and... Read more
The Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christopher Pierre, asked the governor of Missouri on Monday to spare the... Read more
One recent survey shows a majority of U.S. Catholics supporting use of the death penalty for murder convicts. The support... Read more
US Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions while the Department of Justice conducts a review of... Read more
A majority of U.S. adults still support the administration of capital punishment, according to a June 2 Pew Research Center... Read more
The abolition of the death penalty has advanced in Virginia, with the State Senate’s passage of a bill backed by... Read more
As three federal executions were scheduled for this week, multiple bills have been introduced in Congress to end use of... Read more
Prominent U.S. bishops are imploring a halt to three federal executions scheduled for this week. Read more
A woman convicted of murdering a woman and stealing her unborn child should be granted clemency ahead of her scheduled... Read more
The use of lethal injections will no longer be allowed for executions in the state of Ohio, and an alternative... Read more