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.

Remarkably, the death sentences are being pushed through this month in an effort to beat the May expiration date for the state’s supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative that is one of three drugs used in lethal injections.