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This map offers a state-by-date view of the death penalty in the United States. As noted states highlighted in red currently have the death penalty, and are the states where we need your help in advocating for the repeal in your communities, at your parish and with your elected officials. Each state page features information on state organizations with whom you can get involved, a list of upcoming execution in that state, and news and events from around the state.
The list below indicates the legal status of the death penalty in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia since the United States Supreme Court’s decision in 1972 to declare death penalty statues of that era unconstitutional. The list indicates years prior to 1972 in cases of abolition. Notation of years for… MORE
Below is the list of scheduled executions throughout the United States. This information is provided by the Death Penalty Information Center. The Catholic Mobilizing Network encourages its members and others to pray for the persons listed here, their families, their victims and their victims families, and for those carrying out the executions in our names…. MORE
The Catholic Mobilizing Network is happy to promote events that promote dialogue and common action to end the use of the death penalty in the United States. Please submit events to info@catholicsmobilizing.org for inclusion on our website and for consideration for publication in our monthly e-newsletter. We encourage you to submit events at least four… MORE