Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

With two prisoners set to be executed this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis will achieve the dubious record of having executed more people in a year than any other Florida governor, writes Archbishop ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

The debate over capital punishment has been longstanding, with advocates arguing it’s a deterrent against serious crime and that justice is served for the victims or victims’ families.

Capital punishment and maximum-security prisons do not fit into that paradigm for me. My hope is that we, along with the Pope, will find better ways to live up to our highest ideals as American ...

When capital punishment was more common, it was easy to claim that people are executed because they are criminals. But now that fewer criminals receive the death penalty, that's no longer the case ...

The bill is now meant to give more protections to federal officers, judges and federally funded public safety officers, who ...

The amendment to remove capital punishment from Delaware’s Constitution must be voted on twice consecutively by lawmakers.

Both capital punishment and abortion are complicated things. Many Americans have strong feelings about each, but recognize circumstances in which their views might shift: Abortion opponents might ...