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- Jan 25, 2020
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USCCB brief: ‘Actual innocence’ warrants Florida capital case retrial
- Jan 22, 2020
In an amicus brief to a Florida capital murder case, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the Supreme Court the claims of “actual innocence” of the Florida man sentenced to death for the crime “must be resolved on the merits and cannot be dismissed on any procedural grounds.”
Tennessee governor talks death penalty, faith
- Dec 23, 2019
After he surged into office last year wearing his Christian faith on his sleeve, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee found himself running a state with a growing reputation for putting inmates to death.
Supreme Court leaves temporary stop on federal executions in place
- Dec 10, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from carrying out the first federal executions in 16 years.
Most Americans support life in prison over death penalty, says new poll
- Nov 28, 2019
Most Americans support life imprisonment over the death penalty, according to a Gallup poll released Nov. 24, revealing a shift in the majority opinion on this issue for the first time in 34 years.
Japanese boxer formerly on death row attends pope’s Mass
- Nov 25, 2019
A former Japanese professional boxer who spent 48 years in prison for murders he says he did not commit was among some 50,000 people greeting Pope Francis as he entered Tokyo Dome stadium to celebrate Mass on Monday.
Federal judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates
- Nov 22, 2019
A federal judge Nov. 20 temporarily blocked the executions of four federal death-row inmates scheduled for December and January, saying the lethal injections they were to receive goes against the Federal Death Penalty Act.
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