Gas chamber at the Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins / Nagel Photography/Shutterstock
Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2021 / 09:17 am (CNA).
Arizona bishops are “very concerned” that the state could resume executions this fall – including the possibili… […]
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Washington D.C., May 19, 2021 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
Catholics are asking the governor of Texas to halt an execution scheduled for Wednesday evening. Quintin Jones, 41, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1999… […]
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Washington D.C., May 17, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
South Carolina on Monday became the fourth state to officially sanction the use of the firing squad as a me… […]
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Washington D.C., May 6, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, expressed its dismay Thursday after the state House passed a bill effectively allowing the state to resume executions.The legislat… […]
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Washington D.C., Apr 30, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Catholics are calling on President Joe Biden to honor his campaign promises to halt use of the federal death penalty, as his presidency surpasses 100 days. “When P… […]
Washington D.C., Apr 8, 2021 / 15:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). For the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee, his family’s history of tragedy shaped his beliefs on human dignity – from the unborn to […]
Washington D.C., Mar 24, 2021 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) signed a bill Wednesday ending the death penalty in Virginia, making the commonwealth the 23rd state to abolish the practice.“Signing this new law is the right thing to do,” No… […]
Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2021 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- As the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Archdiocese of Boston is praying for an end to violence and for Tsarnaev’s vict… […]
Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2021 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Virginia is expected to become the first southern state to abolish the death penalty, after its general assembly voted on Monday to end the practice.
The state senate voted 22 to 16 to approve H… […]
Washington D.C., Feb 11, 2021 / 02:15 pm (CNA).- The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the case of an Alabama death row inmate who has asked to have a Christian pastor present with him to pray in the final moments of his life.Alabama inmate Willie Smit… […]
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