An Oklahoma court has denied the request for a new trial for death row inmate Richard Glossip, even though the state’s attorney general said he had concerns about some of the testimony and evidence in the case.
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Catholics Blast DeSantis Move on Death Penalty as ‘Stunning’ Attack on Human Life
Catholic organizations have called a new Florida law that ends the unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing “stunning” and a “thinly veiled attack on human life,” while the state’s governor — a potential 2024 presidential contender — argues the law allows proper justice to be served.
Louisiana Governor Urges State Lawmakers to Abolish Death Penalty
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called on state legislators to do away with the death penalty in his April 10 address opening the spring legislative session in Baton Rouge.
Idaho Becomes Fifth State to Allow Execution by Firing Squad
Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed legislation March 24 allowing death row inmates to be executed by firing squad if the state cannot obtain drugs needed for lethal injections amid a nationwide shortage of those drugs imposed by the manufacturers.
Arizona Bishops Lament Upcoming Executions, Say Death Penalty is Unneeded
With Arizona set to carry out its first capital executions in almost eight years, the state’s Catholic bishops fear that once the practice resumes it will be hard to stop.
Inmate Chooses Death by Firing Squad, Calls Choices Unconstitutional
Richard Moore, a South Carolina death-row inmate, chose death by firing squad over electrocution but described both methods as unconstitutional.
Catholic Bishops Lament Death Penalty as Executions Resume in 2022
After Alabama carried out the second execution of the year on Thursday, Jan. 27, the archbishop of Mobile vowed that he and the state’s other prelates would continue to speak out against capital punishment.
Supreme Court Likely to Reinstate Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber
Just two days after this year’s Boston Marathon, the Supreme Court revisited the bombing at the 2013 race that killed three people and injured hundreds.
Virginia Becomes the First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty
Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia signed a bill on Wednesday that officially ended the death penalty in Virginia. Twenty-two states have banned the death penalty before, but Virginia becomes the first one in the South to abolish capital punishment.
Bishops Seek End to Death Penalty — You Can’t Protect Life by Taking It
Drive south about two hours from the Diocese of Lafayette headquarters in Indiana, and you’ll wind up at the Terre Haute federal prison — the site of 10 federal executions since the government resumed the practice in July.