The U.S. Supreme Court is bedeviled by never-ending questions about capital punishment that underscore the practice’s capriciousness and cruelty.

Texas previously allowed state-employed clergy to accompany inmates into the room where they'd be executed, but its prison staff included only Christian and Muslim clerics.

In two recent actions, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed its death penalty decisions are hardly cut and dried.

Everything about the death penalty system seemed to be designed to deny hope. 

The most compelling reason not to execute the convicted is an existential one: We humans are not God.

“The intentional killing of another person is wrong and as governor, I will not oversee the execution of any individual,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.