capital punishment

Federal prosecutors are reportedly seeking the death penalty for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.

Evangelicals and political conservatives are increasingly shifting to more neutral positions on the death penalty.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has reportedly expressed remorse for taking part in the act of terrorism that killed three people and injured 264 in 2013.

The first executions since the Oklahoma botched lethal injection in April were performed late last night.

New statistics suggest that American support of capital punishment is at a 15-year low. According to the poll, 42 percent of Americans support the death penalty, while 52 percent favored life in prison without parole.

At a press conference on March 14th, UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed began his speech by saying, “Today, I report with deep regret that despite overtures and announcements emanating from the newly elected Iranian government, and perhaps even in spite of modest attempts to take steps towards reform, the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran remains of serious concern.”

The Bible sets a very high bar for capital punishment, and the American legal system today rarely reaches it.