House Bill 123 has passed out of the Judiciary Non-Civil Committee with a unanimous yes! The bill, sponsored by Chairman Bill Werkheiser, would create a pretrial hearing process for determining intellectual disability, and would lower the standard of proof from “beyond a reasonable doubt” to “preponderance of the evidence.”
In spite of constitutional protections, Georgia continues to execute people with intellectual disabilities. Join us for an advocacy day on Wednesday, February 12, at the Georgia State Capitol to call for an end to this disgraceful practice.
Today, President Biden announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Those individuals will have their sentences reclassified from execution to life without the possibility of parole.
Join Catholics and people of goodwill across the country in urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 men on federal death row before he leaves office.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Georgia Catholic Conferenced have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Darryl Scott Stinski.
Calling all faith leaders! Join us on World Day Against the Death Penalty for a morning of conversation, collaboration, strategic thinking, and action! Put your faith into action against the death penalty!
Media witnesses serve a vital role at executions – they are the eyes of the public. In this installment of Pulling Back the Curtain, we will be speaking with Rhonda Cook from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Warren King, a man on Georgia’s death row. Newly discovered evidence shows that Warren’s conviction and death sentence were tainted by the prosecutor’s misconduct and discrimination.
We continue this series with our discussion on The Legal Labyrinth of Capital Cases. Patrick Mulvaney, Director of Capital Litigation for the Southern Center for Human Rights, will walk us through the complicated legal processes of death penalty cases.
Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty are proud to present Pulling Back the Curtain, a webinar series on the death penalty. Throughout this series, we will examine the facts and myths of the death penalty in light of the curtain of secrecy the state draws around this process.