Pope Leo XIV condemned the death penalty right after President Donald Trump reintroduced execution by firing squad in the U.S.

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released hours after the Justice Department said it would allow firing squads for federal executions.

BOISE, Idaho — Advocates are attempting to stop renovations on an Idaho jail that officials hope to convert into a designated location for firing squad executions. At an event scheduled for Tuesday, organizers plan to present petitions and letters to ...

A South Carolina man convicted of murder chose on Friday to be executed by firing squad. Stephen Bryant, 44, will become the third person in the state to die by firing squad this year. He’s scheduled to be executed Nov. 14, when three volunteer shooters ...

A South Carolina firing squad has executed Stephen Bryant, 44, on Friday, making him the third person to die by this method in the state this year. Bryant, who was condemned for killing three people in a rural area over five days in 2004, chose the firing ...

BOISE, Idaho — The event organized by Worth Rises and Death Penalty Action is scheduled for Tuesday, just before the upcoming deadline, following the state's law designating the firing squad as its main method of execution, which takes effect on July 1, 2026

Update (Dec. 31, 2025): A similar bill is expected to be filed in the Indiana House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 2026. House Bill 1119, titled Execution Methods, would authorize the death penalty to be carried out by firing squad or nitrogen hypoxia if ...

After the DOJ released a memo to bring back firing squads as a form of capital punishment, Black inmates on death row are especially at risk.