Pope Urges Clemency for Missouri Death Row Prisoner
Pope Francis and two members of Congress have asked Missouri’s governor to stop the scheduled execution on Tuesday of a 61-year-old man, saying [...]
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Opinion | In the Eyes of God, Does a State Have the Right to Kill a Man?
Produced by ‘The Argument’ The death penalty — and the morality behind it — has long divided America. Joe Biden is the first [...]
Opinion | Is It Time to End Capital Punishment?
Produced by ‘The Argument’ The death penalty — and the morality behind it — has long divided America. Joe Biden is the first [...]
A Pause in Federal Executions, but Uncertainty About What’s Next
President Biden’s Justice Department has ordered a moratorium on carrying out federal death sentences after a surge in executions under the Trump administration. [...]
After a Decade Without Executions, South Carolina’s Solution: Bring Out the Firing Squad
Frustrated by the lack of drugs available to carry out lethal injections in their state, South Carolina lawmakers are on the cusp of [...]
Opinion | Trump’s Killing Spree Continues
Arizona’s attorney general, Mark Brnovich, has a problem: There’s no easy way to kill people. Arizona hasn’t carried out any executions since it [...]
U.S. Executes Lisa Montgomery for 2004 Murder
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration early Wednesday morning executed Lisa M. Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row whose death marked the [...]
Opinion | A Question of Life and Death Looms for Amy Coney Barrett
After two decades on death row, Ruben Gutierrez’s time nearly came this summer. A little over an hour before he was due to [...]