Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

(RNS) — More than 50 faith, civil rights and other organizations launched a joint initiative to oppose the death penalty in the United States as the groups’ leaders say they have been alarmed by ...

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AT TWILIGHT NEARLY four-dozen churchgoers from Our Lady of Lourdes in Daytona Beach shuffled off a bus onto a sun-bleached field facing the Florida State Prison. The Catholics had come to pray while ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A bill set to be signed into law by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey allows prosecutors to go for the death penalty in cases of first-degree child sexual abuse, something the ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Trump administration. By Eduardo Medina Two days before ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a cross during a visit to Bata prison in Equatorial Guinea, April 22, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV is showing no signs of slowing down a ...