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A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is urging outgoing President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 people currently on federal death row in anticipation of the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, who strongly favors capital punishment.
Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), an advocacy group founded in 2009, said in a statement posted Nov. 6 that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”
In light of the upcoming jubilee year in the Catholic Church — a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage, emphasizing God’s mercy, that takes place every quarter-century — Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, CMN’s executive director, noted that Pope Francis has emphasized forgiveness and an end to the death penalty.
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Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), an advocacy group founded in 2009, said in a statement posted Nov. 6 that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”
In light of the upcoming jubilee year in the Catholic Church — a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage, emphasizing God’s mercy, that takes place every quarter-century — Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, CMN’s executive director, noted that Pope Francis has emphasized forgiveness and an end to the death penalty.
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Catholic group urges Biden to commute federal death sentences
Catholic Mobilizing Network said in a Nov. 6 statement that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”