The death penalty was up for a vote in California, Nebraska and Oklahoma on Tuesday, but stands against capital punishment... Read more
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln has called on the group “Nebraskans for the Death Penalty” to retract social media advertisements... Read more
Catholic leaders in Nebraska spoke out in favor of a vote to maintain a ban on the death penalty, calling... Read more
The topic of abortion made an appearance at the vice presidential debate last night, as both candidates discussed the role... Read more
Californians should vote for Proposition 62, a ballot measure to end the death penalty, the Archbishop of Los Angeles has... Read more
The Catholic bishops of New Mexico are speaking up against a proposal to reintroduce capital punishment in the state, saying... Read more
In Texas, two scheduled executions could kill innocent men, Catholic and other Christian leaders have warned. Read more
On Thursday, the bishops of California announced their support of a state ballot measure that would end the use of... Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the death sentence of a man whom lawyers claim is intellectually disabled,... Read more
The drug company Pfizer has announced it will no longer sell drugs for use in lethal injections because it objects... Read more
Christians must work to abolish the death penalty and improve prison conditions, Pope Francis said on Sunday. Read more
Stressing that capital punishment is not necessary in the modern-day U.S., Florida’s Catholic bishops have asked the state governor to... Read more
The National Association of Evangelicals has issued an expanded statement on the death penalty that for the first time recognizes... Read more
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has declined to commute the death sentence of a local woman scheduled to... Read more
Blessed Junipero Serra’s love for the natives of California extended even to those who killed one of his friends and... Read more
Two leading U.S. bishops have renewed the call to choose life over the death penalty because, they say, heinous criminals... Read more
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the continued use of a drug that has been accused of causing... Read more
The death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a legitimate use of state authority, even if Catholics... Read more
As discussions surrounding a “more humane” death penalty in the United States continue, the two Catholic bishops of Virginia have... Read more
The Australian bishops joined their voices to the international condemnation of the Indonesian government's execution of foreign drug traffickers last... Read more