Debates about the morality of the death penalty, particularly in the U.S., have intensified recently because of both the botched execution attempt of Christa Pike and the U.S. government's plan to execute former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, convicted of murdering over a dozen U.S. soldiers in 2009, and livestream it.
The highest ranking official of the Catholic Church, the U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, is the latest to weigh in on the conversation.
