Until this encyclical, the death penalty was viewed as sometimes permissible as a means of protecting society. The universal catechism--book of rules--for Catholics had affirmed the right of the ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

The death penalty has existed across the United States since colonial times, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a national nonprofit organization that collects data on capital ...

At the very least, death penalty critics believe House ... cases and whether Indiana should still have the death penalty on the books. That hoped-for discussion comes as public support for the ...

In addition to the federal government and US military, 27 US states still have the death penalty on the books. A Gallup poll conducted in October found that a slim majority of Americans - 53% ...