Capital Punishment Articles

This is not a "classic" anti-capital punishment story, but I think it is in many ways just as outrageous as many of the stories over the years about immoral executions. The reasons are different, but the immorality is still there, and moreover it exposes an un

Over 2,000 years ago Jesus died as a result of capital punishment through being crucified under the orders of the Roman government. The fact that the founder of Christianity suffered through capital punishment seems to be one reason Christians ought to oppose

Californians tend to think that capital punishment in the South — especially in Texas, where the overwhelming majority of executions take place — is driven by politics. But this week's scramble to carry out an execution in California for the first time in

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge cleared the way Friday for California's first execution since 2006, citing the state's efforts to revise its lethal injection procedure amid court concerns that it had amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Co

Teresa Lewis died by lethal injection at 9:13pm Thursday evening Friends and supporters rallied outside the Greensville Correctional Facility as Lewis was put to death. The case had gained a great deal of attention in recent weeks due to the more than 7300 of