Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Capital punishment amounts to inhumane treatment and torture. FIDH has furthermore brought to light, through its research, that death sentences are usually given at the end of unfair trials and that ...

There was a sharp rise in the number of known executions carried out around the world in 2023 – a 31% increase on the previous year and the most since 2015. Amnesty International compiles the ...

Everyone thinks human life is valuable. Some of those against capital punishment believe that human life is so valuable that even the worst murderers should not be deprived of the value of their ...

While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae ...

It discriminates against Black prospective jurors, women, and people of individual faiths that oppose capital punishment. Our fight against death qualification is just one piece of our upcoming ...

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Christopher Turner was indicted in the killing of a convenience store owner and his capital murder trial is underway.

It discriminates against Black prospective jurors, women, and people of individual faiths that oppose capital punishment. Our fight against death qualification is just one piece of our upcoming ...

Hideki Makihara defended Japan's use of capital punishment, despite debate sparked ... FAQs, analyses and infographics ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for ‘capital punishment within three months’ amid furore over the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. The Calcutta High Court on Sunday ...