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Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that his conviction was based on false testimony.

Catholic Mobilizing Network seeks to “value life over death, to end the use of the death penalty,” and “to transform the U.S. criminal justice system.”

The Community of Sant’Egidio shared a petition Jan. 23 urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith.

The Community of Sant'Egidio, a group founded in Rome and known for mediating conflicts worldwide, shared a petition Jan. 23, 2024, urging Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith. / Credit: Alabama Department of Corrections CNA Staff, Jan 23, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA). A lay Catholic community dedicated to peace efforts has expressed concern about an execution scheduled in Alabama for Jan. 25, set to be carried out using a r...

Catholic groups have appealed to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution of Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith using a relatively untested method.

Smith is scheduled to die Thursday after being convicted for the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett, whom Sennett’s husband, a Protestant pastor, had pa...

A total of 24 people were executed this year, while 21 were sentenced to death.

Executions peaked in 1999 and have been on a mostly unbroken downward trajectory since then with more states ending the use of the death penalty.

Panelists (from left) Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan Jr., Debra Milke, and Randal Padgett at an Oct. 23, 2023, Catholic Mobilizing Network event at Xavier University’s Bellarmine Chapel in Cincinnati. / Credit: Catholic Mobilizing Network CNA Staff, Oc...

Catholic Mobilizing Network hosted the Oct. 23 event at Xavier University in Cincinnati in partnership with other anti-death penalty organizations.