I haven't heard much from Jesus lately. But today I saw him, sketched in pencil by the hand of a mass murderer.

Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, accounted for all U.S. executions in 2016.

In this year's election, voters went against nearly all of the ballot initiatives backed by Catholic leaders and advocates, except referendums on minimum wage increases and gun control measures in four states.

Slowly, the death penalty is gaining ground again.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Support for the death penalty has slipped to just below 50 percent, its lowest level in 40 years.