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On Thursday, a Florida jury spared Nikolas Cruz, the gunman responsible for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, from the death penalty due to his history of mental illness.

According to Copts-United, the convicted killer of Archbishop Arsanious Wadid in Alexandria, Egypt was sentenced to death on Saturday.

For the past four decades, conservative Christians have flocked to vote for politicians who promise to be tough on crime. That is understandable since we believe that people should be held accountable for their actions. However, it is more important for us to support people who are right on crime. In our zeal to see “justice” done, we must remember that justice is more than putting people in prison. It is also clearing those who have committed no crime so they can get on with living their lives.

Some Supreme Court justices said this week that they are skeptical of a death row inmate's request to have his pastor pray out loud and touch him during his execution.

On Wednesday, a 37-year-old Texas man on death row won a reprieve on his execution after he claimed that the Lone Star state was violating his religious freedom by refusing to let his pastor lay hands on him during his execution.

This week, a federal appeals court rejected a request to commute mass shooter Dylann Roof's death sentence. 

On Wednesday, Virginia became the first southern state in the U.S. to repeal the death penalty.

Virginia state legislators, this week, passed a bill outlawing the death penalty. The bill is now headed to the office of the governor to be signed.

Attorney General William Barr argued that the phrase “separation of church and state” is often misused in an attempt to remove religion from the public square.

Faith leaders are decrying the federal government’s decision to once again begin executing federal prisoners.