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- May 31, 2020
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Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic
- May 21, 2020
Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri’s May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic.
England’s bishops praise worldwide drop in executions
- Apr 21, 2020
England’s bishops have hailed a new report showing that worldwide executions have dropped to their lowest level in a decade.
Alabama executes inmate after Supreme Court denies last-minute stay
- Mar 6, 2020
Nathaniel Woods, a 43-year-old inmate in Alabama was executed by lethal injection March 5 after the U.S. Supreme Court, which initially granted a temporary stay, denied the inmate’s petition to put his execution on hold.
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.
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