The court’s 5-3 decision reversed a Texas appeals court ruling that said inmate Bobby James Moore was not intellectually disabled based on state criteria and could face execution.
Death Penalty
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Philippines poised to reinstate death penalty
The Philippines may reinstate the death penalty after it was put on hold 11 years ago.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Showing racial bias saves a man’s life on death row in Texas
“This decision reflects the extent to which the death penalty is racially biased and a broken policy,” said Karen Clifton,
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Staring at the white Jesus in Dylann Roof’s prison journal
I haven’t heard much from Jesus lately. But today I saw him, sketched in pencil by the hand of a mass murderer.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ending the death penalty is closer than you think
Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, accounted for all U.S. executions in 2016.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Ballot initiatives backed by Catholic leaders lose in several states
In this year’s election, voters went against nearly all of the ballot initiatives backed by Catholic leaders and advocates, except referendums on minimum wage increases and gun control measures in four states.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
There are often mistakes in capital trials. But that’s not the strongest argument against the death penalty.
Slowly, the death penalty is gaining ground again.
Posted inFirst Monday, Politics & Society
These are the 5 legal theories that might finally end the death penalty
The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Three states will decide whether to continue the momentum against the death penalty
Support for the death penalty has slipped to just below 50 percent, its lowest level in 40 years.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
With abortion sidelined this election, some Catholics are turning to other life issues
Some Catholics have turned their sights to other issues—euthanasia, death penalty—that are part of the church’s pro-life agenda.