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Federal Executions

The Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is seen May 22, 2019. Orlando Hall, 49, was executed at the facility shortly before midnight Nov. 19. A day earlier a federal appeals court refused to delay the execution of Hall, one of five men convicted in 1994 of kidnapping and raping a teenager before burying her alive. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)

Supreme Court allows federal execution of Texas inmate to proceed

Carol Zimmermann|Nov 20, 2020|4 Min Read

In this file photo, the sun sets behind one of the guard towers at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., June 10, 2001. The death chamber at the correctional facility is where the federal death penalty is carried out. (CNS photo/Andy Clark, Reuters)

U.S. bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop upcoming federal executions

Carol Zimmermann|Nov 19, 2020|4 Min Read

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Kan., are seen in this composite photo. (CNS composite/ photos by Bob Roller)

U.S. bishops say 'enough' on federal executions

Carol Zimmermann|Sep 23, 2020|4 Min Read

The Department of Justice seal is seen in the Great Hall at the Main Justice Building in Washington in this file photo. Lezmond Mitchell, a member of the Navajo Nation, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 26, 2020, for crimes committed on a reservation. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Catholics denounce federal execution of Navajo tribe member

Carol Zimmermann|Aug 27, 2020|5 Min Read

The US Penitentiary at Terre Haute, where Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed Aug. 26. (Public domain via CNA)

Catholics pray for Navajo man scheduled for federal execution

Jonah McKeown|Aug 19, 2020|4 Min Read

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Second federal inmate executed after Supreme Court decision

Catholic News Agency|Jul 16, 2020|4 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., and President Donald Trump are seen in this composite photo. (CNS composite/photos by Archdiocese of Newark; Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Cardinal Tobin asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate

Catholic News Service|Jul 9, 2020|3 Min Read

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