Death Penalty Information Center

In wide swaths of U.S., death sentences, executions are no longer imposed

• Dec 19, 2021
• Mark Pattison

Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery

• Oct 6, 2021
• Jim Salter

Prayer vigils in Virginia call for end to death penalty

• Jan 26, 2021
• Carol Zimmermann

Death penalty hits historic low in U.S. ‘despite federal execution spree,’ says report

• Dec 17, 2020
• Carol Zimmermann

Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures

• Dec 2, 2020
• Carol Zimmermann

Setting of execution dates for federal death-row prisoners denounced

• Jun 17, 2020
• Mark Pattison

Catholic leaders praise abolition of death penalty in Colorado

• Mar 25, 2020
• Christopher White

Death penalty continues to decline in the U.S. according to new report

• Dec 17, 2019
• Christopher White

Catholic leaders condemn Trump administration’s move to execute inmates

• Jul 25, 2019
• Christopher White

Even without a ban, death penalty is fading in the United States

• Dec 17, 2018
• Christopher White