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Death Penalty

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he prepares to board Air Force One in Missoula, Mont., Oct. 14, 2026. (OSV News/Evan Vucci, Reuters)

Trump calls off plan to livestream firing squad execution amid outcry

Kate Scanlon|Oct 15, 2026|3 Min Read

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash., is seen Sept. 6, 2024, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Matt Mills McKnight, Reuters)

Catholic advocates call Tennessee's failed execution 'horrifying'

Kate Scanlon|Oct 1, 2026|5 Min Read

James Duckett, who was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl in 1987 while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city, and Dominick Anthony Occhicone, Jr., convicted for a 1986 double murder, were executed July 28, 2026, at the Florida State Prison in Starke. Florida last carried out a double execution on May 12, 1964. (OSV News photo/Florida Department of Corrections)

Catholic bishops urge reflection as Florida carries out double execution

Kate Scanlon|Jul 29, 2026|4 Min Read

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash., is seen Sept. 6, 2024, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Matt Mills McKnight, Reuters)

Pope Leo encourages death penalty abolitionists as US brings back firing squad and electric chair

Gina Christian|Apr 24, 2026|4 Min Read

The execution chamber at San Quentin State Prison in California in this undated file photo. (CNS/courtesy of California Department of Corrections)

Let's finally end the death penalty in California — and beyond

Greg Erlandson|Feb 26, 2026|4 Min Read

A file photo shows the death chamber table at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. (CNS/courtesy Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Department of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters/OSV News)

As executions increase — but support wanes — group aims to finally end death penalty

Kate Scanlon|Dec 4, 2025|4 Min Read

A death chamber table at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, in this 2010 file photo. (OSV News via Reuters)

How U.S. bishops work to save prisoners on death row

Daniel Payne|Oct 27, 2025|6 Min Read

People run after a shot was fired at U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk during a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah, Sept. 10, 2025. (OSV News photo/Trent Nelson, The Salt Lake Tribune via Reuters)

Utah seeks death penalty for Tyler Robinson in Charlie Kirk murder

Tyler Arnold|Sep 18, 2025|4 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Bob Morris, R-Ind., is pictured in an undated photo. Morris is pushing to abolish the death penalty and an Ohio anti-death bill are some of the signs of pushback against capital punishment in the Midwest. (OSV News/courtesy Indiana House Republicans)

Despite Trump's position, some red states are still trying to repeal the death penalty

Kate Scanlon|Feb 10, 2025|5 Min Read

President Joe Biden speaks as he visits the Department of Labor for an event honoring the nation's labor history and Frances Perkins, longest serving labor secretary, in Washington, Dec. 16, 2024. President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he would commute 37 federal death sentences to life in prison. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Biden commutes the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, gives them life in prison

John Lavenburg|Dec 23, 2024|4 Min Read

U.S. Sen. Bob Morris, R-Ind., is pictured in an undated photo. Indiana carried out its first execution since 2009 early on Dec. 18, 2024, and Morris is seeking to repeal the use of capital punishment in the state. (OSV News photo/courtesy Indiana House Republicans)

Indiana pro-life lawmaker seeks death penalty repeal as state resumes executions

Kate Scanlon|Dec 18, 2024|4 Min Read

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (OSV News/Ken Cedeno, Reuters)

Biden pushed to commute federal death sentences before Trump takes office

Kate Scanlon|Dec 9, 2024|4 Min Read

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