Commute the Row
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.
Author Archive for: jhoffacker
Entries by Jayna Hoffacker
Georgia bishops join amicus brief for Darryl Stinski
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.
World Day Against the Death Penalty
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!
Pulling Back the Curtain: The Eyes of the Public
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.
Stop the Execution of Warren King
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.
Next up in the Pulling Back the Curtain Webinar Series
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.
Pulling Back the Curtain Webinar Series
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.
Good Friday Reflection
Today, on Good Friday, we enter into the stillness and somberness of the mystery of the Cross. We pause to keep watch and pray and gaze upon the face our bruised and battered God. A God who willingly gave of himself on this disgraceful instrument of torture and brutality.
Vigils Scheduled for Willie Pye
Clemency has been denied to Willie Pye by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Please consider joining with Georgians of all faiths at one of the vigils throughout the state on Wednesday, March 20.
Archbishop Hartmayer asks for clemency for Willie Pye
On March 7, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., wrote to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to ask for clemency for death row inmate Willie James Pye.