death penalty

Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun staunchly opposed to the death penalty, argues against a Texas policy that prohibits pastors from praying aloud and laying hands on the condemned.

Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed on Oct. 27 for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old Brownsville woman in 1998.

A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the conviction and death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof for the slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the “full horror” of what he did.

In America up until now, the Bible Belt has been the death belt. Despite our claims to be pro-life, Christians have been the firm base of support for the death penalty. But this too is changing.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s decision to not allow clergy in the death chamber was criticized by death penalty opponents as well as religious leaders and advocates of religious freedom.

Faith groups are celebrating Virginia’s decision to ban the death penalty, a move considered to be a victory for religious opposition to capital punishment.

Clergy in Texas have joined efforts to spare the life of Rodney Reed. A group of pastors met last week, urging Governor Greg Abbott to stop the November 20th execution of Reed, who was convicted of murder and has been on death row for more than two decades.

While debating whether or not reinstating the death penalty in the Philippines is a good idea, the subject of Jesus and the Bible came up. Manny Pacquiao has some interesting arguments.