In the Jan. 17 left-right debate on capital punishment, Charles Stimson of the Heritage Foundation began his essay by trotting out an exemplary “look what they did” story, which spared none of ...

Both capital punishment and abortion are complicated things. Many Americans have strong feelings about each, but recognize circumstances in which their views might shift: Abortion opponents might ...

This rules out many actions beyond just abortion and capital punishment that would not normally be lumped in with the pro-life cause, self-defense and (just) wars chief among them.

“Pro-life” and pro-capital punishment movements are often seen as opposing, contradictory stances. While there is no direct correlation between those who are “pro-life” and pro-death penalty, these ...

Pro-lifers including pro-life legislators here in Ohio should abolish capital punishment and become fully pro-life. Rich Nathan is the founding pastor of Vineyard Columbus.

Capital punishment is deeply at odds with the Christian faith, ... 2024, I live in what seems to be a pro-life-except-for-the-death-penalty state, which is not pro-life at all.

In my previous column, we saw that the practical objection about executing innocent convicts can be solved by heightening the capital standard to guilt beyond any doubt. Now, let’s look at some ...

Home; Crime; pros and cons Pros and cons of using the death penalty. There's been a 'clear trend' away from capital punishment in recent decades, but the US 'remains an outlier' ...

For centuries, the church supported capital punishment. But passionate pro-life and death penalty foes, such as Sister Helen Prejean, convinced the church that “helping to kill a defenseless ...

In many locales, notorious pro-capital punishment prosecutors have been voted out of office. And states are gradually repealing the death penalty or at least placing moratoriums on its use.

Webster’s Dictionary defines a contradiction as, “a situation in which inherent factors, actions, or propositions are inconsistent or contrary to one another.” Some think that I’m guilty ...