Calling all Catholics in Colorado: contact your legislators NOW and urge them to vote for an end to the death penalty!
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National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty
"All Christians and people of good will are thus called today to fight not only for the abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for the human dignity of the people deprived of their freedom" - Pope Francis
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Stop the Execution of Patrick Murphy
On Thursday, March 28, 2019 Patrick Murphy is scheduled to be executed in Texas for the 2000 murder of Officer Aubrey Hawkins - even though Mr. Murphy was not on the premise when Officer Hawkins was killed. Write the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to ask for clemency for Mr. Murphy.
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On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom made a historic step forward in the death penalty abolition movement by declaring a moratorium on all California executions.
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