[Webinar] What’s Really Happening with the Death Penalty in 2025?
June 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
About the Webinar
This year executions are increasing across the U.S., and states are reengaging with the death penalty in new ways. This webinar takes a closer look at recent developments and asks: what’s really happening — and why now?
Through a moderated discussion, you’ll hear from our three panelists: Robert Dunham, the founder and director of the Death Penalty Policy Project; Stefanie Faucher, the Deputy Director of the 8th Amendment Project; and Demetrius Minor, Executive Director for Conservatives Concerned.
The webinar will include time for Q&A where you’ll have the chance to ask these death penalty experts your own questions.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, June 18 2025
Time: 2 – 3 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT
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Featured Speakers
Robert Dunham is the founder and director of the Death Penalty Policy Project, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Witness to Innocence, and special counsel in the non-profit public interest law practice at Phillips Black, Inc. An internationally recognized expert on the death penalty, he has more than thirty years experience in death penalty policy and practice, including 25 years representing clients on Pennsylvania’s death row, eight years as Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, and 14 years teaching death penalty law at Villanova Law School and the Temple University Beasley School of Law. He has been a featured speaker at death penalty conferences and training programs across the United States and internationally, argued in the U.S. Supreme Court, and been a member of capital defense teams that have freed four innocent men from death row.
Stefanie Faucher is the Deputy Director of the 8th Amendment Project, which is tasked with uniting the national movement to end the death penalty in the U.S. Stefanie began her advocacy against the death penalty in 1999. She has worked for the 8th Amendment Project since 2014, serving first as Communications Director and later as Deputy Director. She also served as the Communications Director for the Fair Punishment Project. In 2016, Stefanie acted as the Communications Director for California’s No on Prop 66 campaign. Prior to this, she worked for the national political organization MoveOn.org, where she served as Communications Manager and as a Manager of Campaign Support. Between 2002 and 2011, Stefanie worked at Death Penalty Focus, where she held the position of Associate Director and worked to lay the groundwork for Prop 34, which sought to repeal the death penalty in California. In 2008, she was awarded the Abolitionist of the Year Award by the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Stefanie is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley.
Demetrius Minor, the Executive Director for Conservatives Concerned, educates and mobilizes conservatives around the systematic flaws with the death penalty. He is a preacher, advocate, relationship builder, and a writer who brings a strong track record of building bridges and winning campaigns. He has been the director of coalitions in Florida for Americans for Prosperity, where he worked in partnership with the NAACP, Urban League, and others to build bipartisan support and pass legislation. In addition, he comes to us with experience as a program director and co-host for political radio, TV, and podcasts; a White House intern; and a pastoral assistant.
Facilitator
Emmjolee Mendoza Waters serves as the Director of the Death Penalty Abolition Program at Catholic Mobilizing Network. Emmjolee brings 20 years of experience in education, advocacy, and ministry with a particular focus on young adults. She has organized social justice advocacy and education programs around issues of hunger and homelessness, food insecurity, race and diversity. Emmjolee has extensive partnerships locally, nationally, and internationally; all focused on mutual relationship building.
