Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld a Christian man’s death sentence for blasphemy in a historic ruling that advocates warn could ...

The court dismissed the appeal of 49-year-old Qaiser Ayub on 7 October, upholding his death sentence. His brother, ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether the Constitution allows the death penalty for the rape of a child. The best case for the death penalty–or, at least, the best explanation of it–was ...

In most Western societies, death has always been the church's job. Nearly everyone wanted last rites, deathbed prayers and a faith leader at their bedside. But for a growing number of people, that ...

5pm University of Chicago Divinity School Chicago, Illinois George H. Ryan is the Governor of Illinois. He was elected the state’s 39th governor on November 3, 1998, continuing a career of public ...