ROME—The sister of an acquitted former inmate who spent decades on death row expressed hopes at an international conference ...

When the pope came out and essentially said that I am not pro-life if I look at the life of one of these miscreants as being ...

State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to ...

Pope Leo XIV criticized supporters of the death penalty Tuesday, saying they are “not really pro-life.” “Someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion’ but says, ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty,’ is not ...

Earlier this month, Palm Beach County prosecutors announced that they would be seeking the death penalty against two men ...

For the first time since being elected in May, Pope Leo XIV waded into U.S. politics, criticizing those who say they're against abortion but support the death penalty, saying that's "not really ...

Nearly half of Ohio lawmakers who are still alive from the General Assembly that passed the death penalty statute have signed ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Rights advocates in Tunisia warned that applying the death penalty for online speech sets a dangerous precedent ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” Leo, ...