CMN is pleased to announce the winners of the second annual Justice & Mercy Poetry Contest for Young Catholics: Tara Thayer, Margaux Mayeux, and Grace Przywara. The awardees were chosen by a Selection Committee of…
CMN executive director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy and director of communications Katlyn Toelle hold the “Legacy of the Martyrs Award” alongside Ignatian Solidarity Network director Chris Kerr and board chair Andrea Hattler Bramson. May 17,…
May 15, 2023 | The South Carolina legislature passed a bill that makes secret the identity of companies that produce and sell drugs used in lethal injections and all others who participate in any phase of…
Catholic Mobilizing Network continues to monitor the evolving case of Richard Glossip, who has maintained his innocence for the 25 years he has spent on death row. Dated updates will be included below. May 18…
April 21, 2023 | Yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill, SB 450, which removes jury unanimity requirements in the sentencing phase of capital trials. This new law, which is immediately active, requires…
March 22, 2023 | The Idaho state legislature has passed a bill that would allow the state to execute individuals by firing squad if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. The bill is headed to Gov….
February 17, 2023 | In July 2022, Oklahoma set an aggressive schedule to execute 25 men over the course of two years — a shocking rate of one execution each month. After four of those executions…
December 19, 2022 | The Vatican announced last week that Pope Francis has personally invited heads of state to grant clemency to prisoners this Christmas season. Advocates say the Holy Father’s appeal presents a keen opportunity for…
December 16, 2022 | A new report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) describes 2022 as “the year of botched executions.” But this year-end report does not issue only bad news; 2022 saw…
December 13, 2022 | Outgoing Oregon Governor Kate Brown has commuted the sentences of all 17 individuals on the state’s death row. Governor Brown, who has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governors…
UPDATE Dec. 15, 2022 | A historic 125 nations voted “yes” on the bi-annual United Nations resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The U.S. maintained its historical “no” vote, despite being…
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