Showing posts with label death penalty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death penalty. Show all posts
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Constitution Day: Scalia on Originalism

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Today is Constitution Da y.  Many posts have discussed the Constitution . Justice Antonin Scalia, October 18, 1996 : The argument is usua...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Americans Still Support the Death Penalty

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A number of posts have discussed the death penalty . J. Baxter Oliphant and Andy Cerda at Pew : As the Trump administration and some st...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

The Pope Comments on US Politics

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Many posts  have  discussed  the  role  of  religion  in  American life .        Valentina di Donato , Madalaine Elhabbal, Catholic News Age...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Most Americans Still Support the Death Penalty

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 Megan Brenan at Gallup: The majority of Americans, 55%, are in favor of the death penalty for convicted murderers in the U.S. While this m...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Nuance in Death Penalty Opinion

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Joseph M. Bessette and J. Andrew Sinclair at RealClearPolicy look at detailed public opinion data about the death penalty. To provide a roug...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Death Penalty Opinion: Online v. Phone Interviews

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  Andrew Daniller and Jocelyn Kiley at Pew : Six-in-ten U.S. adults favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to an...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Death Penalty Support

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 Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: Americans' suppor t for the death penalty continues to be lower than at any point in nearly five decades. ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Executions

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Jessica Schneider at CNN: Wesley Purkey was executed Thursday morning after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the second federal exec...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Death Penalty Opinion, Mid-2020

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Megan Brenan at Gallup: A record-low 54% of Americans consider the death penalty to be morally acceptable, marking a six-percentage-point ...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Shifts in Opinion on the Death Penalty

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Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup: For the first time in Gallup's 34-year trend, a majority of Americans say that life imprisonment with no p...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Views of Moral Behavior

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Megan Brenan at Gallup: Using birth control , drinking alcohol and getting a divorce remain the most broadly accepted personal moral be...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Newsom Reprieves People on Death Row

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Many posts have discussed the death penalty . Dan Morain at CALmatters: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to grant a “reprieve” to 737 deat...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Declining Support for the Death Penalty

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Gallup reports: Americans' support for the death penalty has dipped to a level not seen in 45 years. Currently, 55% of U.S. adults sa...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Fewer Executions

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Many posts have discussed the death penalty . Pew reports : With public support for the death penalty at its lowest point in more than...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Declining Support for Death Penalty

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Pew reports: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the first of two death penalty cases in this year’s term, the share of Americans who s...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Catholics and Capital Punishment

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At The Catholic World Report , Edward Feser and Joseph M. Bessette write: Pope St. John Paul II was well-known for his vigorous opposition ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Trump and Executive Orders

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Some conservatives hope that Trump would curb executive authority . But January 10 , his comments on Meet the Press suggested the opposite: ...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Death Penalty Support in 2015

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Gallup reports: About six in 10 Americans favor the use of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder, similar to 2014. This contin...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Jurisdiction and the Charleston Massacre

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As with the Boston bombing ,  Charleston massacre involves questions of jurisdiction. Bob McGovern writes at The Boston Herald: Jurisdictio...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Opinion on the Death Penalty

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Pew reports: A majority of Americans favor the death penalty for those convicted of murder, but support for the death penalty is as low a...