capital punishment
COMMENTARY: Conservatives may hold the key to ending the death penalty
By Kirsten Powers — June 27, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Anti-capital punishment activists say the time is ripe for promoting a culture of life.
Jesus, Werner Herzog, and capital punishment
By Laura Turner — June 25, 2014
After Clayton Lockett's botched execution and three executions in two days last week, it's time to revisit Werner Herzog's 2011 documentary on the death penalty.
On death penalty, should Christians side with Jesus or Paul?
By Jonathan Merritt — May 5, 2014
Jesus' love-your-enemies ethic is often juxtaposed with Paul's sword-bearing theology in Romans 13. Who should Christians side with?
On capital punishment, don’t start with the Old Testament
By Jonathan Merritt — May 2, 2014
Some Christian leaders are asserting their support of the death penalty using scriptures from the Old Testament. Would starting with Jesus and the Christian gospel instead alter their conclusions?
As execution drugs grow short, states scramble on capital punishment
By Gregg Zoroya — March 10, 2014
(RNS) In a nation in which the overwhelming method of execution is via lethal injection, corrections officials are having difficulty getting their hands on the drugs they need.
Exonerated inmates push Ohio to scrap the death penalty
By David Yonke — October 23, 2013
TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) As a state task force reviews the administration of the death penalty in Ohio, a man who spent 15 years on death row said lawmakers “should not be looking at fixing the death penalty; they should be looking to get rid of it.”
Will conservatives unite against the death penalty?
By Jonathan Merritt — March 14, 2013
A network of conservatives opposed to the death penalty makes a debut at CPAC. Among them, Jay Sekulow ties his support to his Christian faith.
Death penalty grows rarer in U.S.
By Lauren Markoe — December 18, 2012
(RNS) Though states put the same number of people to death this year as last, an anti-death penalty group says several other indicators show capital punishment is on the wane. By Lauren Markoe.
What won, what lost on 2012 state ballot measures
By Jeanie Groh — November 7, 2012
(RNS) Here's a quick tour of selected state ballot measures from the 2012 elections. By Jeanie Groh.
Woman crusades to save sister’s life, end the death penalty
By Tracy Simmons — October 29, 2012
SPOKANE, Wash. (RNS) Victoria Ann Thorpe's sister has been on death row for 18 years for a crime she says she didn't commit. Now Thorpe is leading a grass-roots campaign to abolish the death penalty in Washington state, saying Jesus would never tolerate it. "Nothing that he did or said can be manipulated into harshness," she said. By Tracy Simmons.
Shifts seen in support for death penalty
By Kevin Johnson — April 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actions that supporters say represents increasing evidence that America may be losing its taste for capital punishment. By Kevin Johnson/USA Today.
Page 5 of 5
