Many Catholic educators are eager to discuss the Church’s teachings on the death penalty and restorative justice in their classrooms, but aren’t sure where or how to begin. CMN developed the following curated resource collections…
Aug. 14, 2021 | On the annual feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, patron saint of prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement, Catholic Mobilizing Network announces its new Saint Maximilian Kolbe Giving Society which recognizes those committed supporters who have…
In the 2020-2021 Fiscal Year, Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) mobilized hundreds of thousands of Catholics to oppose a resurgence of federal executions and to advance alternative approaches to justice that promote healing, transformation, and human…
July 2, 2021 | Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a moratorium on federal executions Thursday, marking the first death penalty-related action by the Biden administration, which had campaigned on a promise to “eliminate” capital punishment. “The…
June 23, 2021 | Earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced an official review of the federal death penalty. The news left death penalty opponents to wonder whether it might be a sign of a future moratorium…
June 24, 2021 | The South Carolina Supreme Court issued two stays of execution earlier this month amid legal concerns regarding the state’s plan to execute two men during the month of June using a…
May 19, 2021 | The 2021 legislative path to death penalty abolition in Nevada came to an unceremonious end in the Senate last week. Earlier this spring, the Nevada Assembly passed abolition bill AB395 in a historic vote….
May 19, 2021 | South Carolina governor Henry McMaster recently signed into law a bill requiring individuals on the state’s death row to choose between executions by electric chair or firing squad if lethal injection drugs are not available….
Texas House Votes Against Controversial “Law of Parties” May 17, 2021 | In early May, the Texas House overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bill that would end the state’s “Law of Parties,” which allows death sentences…
Apr. 27, 2021 | Lawmakers in the Tennessee House and Senate voted overwhelmingly on Apr. 26 in favor of legislation to prevent the execution of people with intellectual disability. Both chambers are controlled by a GOP supermajority….
On April 15, the Montana Senate voted down a bill that would have revised the state’s lethal injection protocol to enable a restart in executions. House Bill 244 proposed replacing the mention of a specific…
April 13, 2021 | On Apr. 13, the Nevada State Assembly passed its first-ever retroactive death penalty abolition bill, which would commute the sentences of those on the state’s death row to life without the possibility of parole…