Death Penalty Quarterly | January 2025
At the onset of 2025, we look back at the past year in celebration of the hope brought by recent death row commutations, which embody the spirit of this Jubilee Year — a time of…
Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Peace 2025
The 58th World Day of Peace will be celebrated on January 1, 2025. Each year, the Holy Father marks this day with a special message. This year’s theme, Forgive Us Our Trespasses: Grant Us Your…
President Biden Commutes 37 Federal Death Sentences
In a historic move, President Joseph Biden announced in the early morning on December 23, 2024 that he commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on the federal death row to sentences of life in prison…
Summary: Death Penalty Information Center Year-End report demonstrates death sentences and executions remain near historic lows
December 19, 2024 | A new report by the Death Penalty Information Center demonstrates that death sentences and executions remain near historic lows as public dissent of capital punishment continues to grow. Read the full…
CMN Board Chair and Executive Director send Letter to President Biden
President Joe Biden could save the lives of all 40 men on the federal death row. Catholic Mobilizing Network is urging him to do so now. President Biden was the first American President to publicly…
Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy shares elements of CMN’s new branding
Catholic Mobilizing Network’s new website features a fresh look and feel, bold new colors and images, and a refreshed logo and tagline. CMN’s Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy offers a little more about these new…
Catholic Mobilizing Network Unveils New Website with a Refreshed Brand
Catholic Mobilizing Network has unveiled its new website—an exciting development for the organization which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. CMN’s Executive Director Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy said, “We are thrilled to share Catholic Mobilizing Network’s…
Pope Francis names death penalty abolition as a tangible expression of hope for the Jubilee Year 2025
On May 9, 2024, Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year 2025 in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. The theme for this Jubilee year: Pilgrims of Hope. Pope Francis announced the 2025 Jubilee Year in…
District Judge Recommends that Melissa Lucio’s Conviction be Overturned
On April 12, 2024, Judge Arturo Nelson, a district judge who presided over Melissa Lucio’s capital murder case, recommended to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that her conviction be overturned. The judge’s recommendation supports…
CMN Announces Winners of 2024 Poetry Contest
From left to right: Katie Painter, first place; Morgan Miles, second place; Krystia Ramirez, third place. Dozens of young adults ages 18-30 from all across the country entered poems in Catholic Mobilizing Network’s 2024 Justice…
Report Reveals Most Exonerations Last Year Were People of Color
The National Registry of Exonerations recently released its 2023 Annual Report. The organization, which is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law…