Tag: death penalty

Before Robert F. Prevost was the pope, he thanked Gov. Pat Quinn for ending the death penalty

Documents obtained by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times through a public records request show that in 2011 the Chicago-born pope sent his gratitude to then-Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn for abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration.