During oral arguments, the court seemed evenly divided as it examined whether an Alabama death-row inmate should get a new sentencing hearing because he did not have a mental health expert during his sentencing trial more than 30 years ago.

The fight against the death penalty lays bare the strengths and weaknesses of the Catholic approach to pro-life issues.

After going nearly 12 years without executing an inmate, Arkansas now has executed three in a few days—including two in one night.

Arkansas has executed an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of its plan to execute several inmates before a drug expires April 30, despite court rulings that have already spared three men.

Assisted suicide is legal in five states and the District of Columbia. Will other states soon join the group?

A federal judge halted Arkansas' unprecedented plan to execute several inmates before the end of the month because one of its execution drugs is about to expire.