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Georgia execution would be 1st since botched Oklahoma effort

After an unusual six-week lapse in executions in the nation since a botched effort in Oklahoma on April 29, two men could face lethal-injection deaths in Georgia and Missouri Tuesday night (June 17) or early Wednesday.

Why capital punishment isn’t permissible

During my freshman year of college while around a group of my peers, I expressed an opinion about capital punishment that apparently wasn’t as common in mainstream Christianity as I’d previously imagined.

POLL: Do you agree with Inslee’s decision to suspend the death penalty?

Earlier this week Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he would halt executions in the state of Washington for as long as he's in office.

POLL: Is death the right punishment for the Boston bombing suspect?

The Justice Department is seeking the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Chechnya-born American accused of killing 3 and wounding more than 250 people with homemade bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.

POLL: Should the government have the option to execute the worse criminals?

When asked if younger Christians agreed that “the government should have the option to execute the worst criminals,” 42 percent of self-identified Christian boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, said “yes.”

Poll: Younger Christians less supportive of the death penalty

(RNS) One day after the state of Ohio executed a man for murder, a new poll shows younger Christians are not as supportive of the death penalty as older members of their faith.

BRIEF: Can we afford the death penalty?

On Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m., five panelists will gather at Gonzaga University for a forum titled, "Can we afford the death penalty? The Loss of Compassion is too Costly."

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