Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer ...

The president is directing the Justice Department to overrule the Supreme Court in cases where the justices have found ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...

The discussion begins with Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America. The panel ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P.

During his announcement in late 2022 that he would be once again running for president of the United States, newly-reminted ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. So at the last conference, the ...

Trump issued 26 executive orders, 12 memoranda, and 4 proclamations on his first day back in the Oval Office. Here’s what to ...

The steady decline in executions in the United States could see a reversal with President Trump seeking the expansion of ...

A view of death row at California's San Quentin prison in March. Capital punishment has continued to become rarer in recent years, and public opinion of the practice keeps growing dimmer with time.