White House to Bring Back Firing Squads as Pope Leo XIV Calls for US Death Penalty to Be Abolished
The federal government says it is moving to ‘strengthen’ the federal death penalty while the Pope is calling for an end to capital punishment.
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Pope Francis Pens Preface to US Death-Row Chaplain’s Book on Death Penalty
In the book’s preface, Pope Francis underlined his strong opposition to capital punishment.
California Bishop Praises District Attorney for Seeking to Change Death Sentences
California technically has more prisoners on death row than any other state, but the state’s death penalty has been under moratorium since 2019 and has not been applied since 2006.
US Bishops to President Trump: ‘Enough. Stop These Executions’
Attorney General William Barr, a Catholic, during July 2019 announced that executions of federal death-row inmates would resume for the first time since 2003.
After Nearly 20 Years, Federal Government Will Resume Executions
The new federal lethal injection process will utilize one drug, pentobarbital, instead of the old three-drug process used in previous federal executions.
Manchester Bishop Welcomes Repeal of Death Penalty in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire legislature voted to repeal the death penalty this spring, but the bill was vetoed by Republican Governor Chris Sununu earlier this month.
