Brunei implemented Wednesday a sharia penal code that punishes such crimes as adultery, sodomy, rape, and blasphemy of Muhammad with... Read more
A death penalty repeal effort has failed in the Colorado legislature after failing to win enough votes in the Democratic-controlled... Read more
The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops praised the Supreme Court’s decision to delay the execution of Patrick Murphy, a Buddhist... Read more
As a measure to repeal Colorado’s death penalty passed a Senate committee this week, the Colorado Catholic Conference has expressed... Read more
In a video message sent Wednesday to an international anti-death penalty group Pope Francis encouraged them in their work and... Read more
A Muslim man convicted of murder has been executed in Alabama without his imam present, despite the man’s requests to... Read more
The Catholic bishops of Washington state are expressing support for a senate bill that would repeal the death penalty. Read more
The death penalty is always a rejection of the Gospel and of human dignity, and therefore must be rejected by... Read more
The ruling was issued Oct. 11 and makes the state one of twenty to halt the use of death penalty.... Read more
A Catholic judge in Ohio who recently sentenced a man to death defended his decision on both legal and theological... Read more
The Catholic bishops of Florida have asked for continued prayers for an end to the death penalty following the stay... Read more
Bishops across the US have welcomed the modification made to the Catechism of the Catholic Church saying the Church teaches... Read more
The Ohio Catholic Conference on Friday welcomed the state governor's decision to grant reprieve and commutation to two men who... Read more
Nebraska's bishops on Friday issued a statement opposing the execution of Carey Dean Moore, whose execution date has been set... Read more
The Catholic Conference of Illinois decried the governor’s call to re-establish the death penalty, which has not been used in... Read more
After a record-high year of death sentences implemented around the world in 2016, a new report released by Amnesty International... Read more
The Trump administration’s call for increased use of the death penalty in drug-related crimes will not address the root causes... Read more
As a death row inmate in Alabama sues the state over a botched execution last month, a Catholic advocacy group... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the execution of an Alabama man who killed a police officer in 1985, on... Read more
Republican lawmakers play an increasing role in opposition to the death penalty. Both political principles and, for some, their Catholic... Read more