Racquel 'Kelly' Smith, 35, was last week found guilty of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter Joshlin. But Joshlin is far ...

The Justice Department should pursue the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez for the first-degree premeditated executions ...

Ending capital punishment has become a bipartisan issue in Pennsylvania at a time when more and more people realize the ...

Even Biden's spin masters couldn't cover up this un-sanctioned Power Slap competition, with the Frenchies eventually ...

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Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

It's in that space of theological certitude where Vance's apparent lack of spiritual struggle really stands out. Like other Catholic elected officials before him, Vance has had to consider 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 ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will begin the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1. Oklahoma City has had a dominant run in the playoffs thus ...

Capital punishment is violence dressed as justice — a relic we claim to have outgrown yet keep reviving. In April, South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi by firing squad. It wouldn’t have looked out of ...

Once known as Byzantium, it was named Constantinople in honor of Constantine, the Roman emperor who, around 330 AD, as ancient Rome was falling, moved the capital to the less chaotic east.