WASHINGTON -- Catholic Mobilizing Network will hold a press call on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 10:00 am EST. Featuring Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas, this press call will lift up the need for a unified response to these seven planned executions. The first two executions are scheduled for Monday evening. In addition to addressing the Catholic position on this issue, this press call will include the perspective of a victim’s family member as well as the historical and factual information on the death penalty. This press call will include time for question and answer with participants. More information about the current situation in Arkansas can be found here, and updated statistics about the death penalty in the US can be found here.

What: Press Call in Response to the Seven Executions that begin Monday, April 17 in Arkansas

Who:

Karen Clifton, Moderator, Executive Director of Catholic Mobilizing Network

Bishop Anthony Taylor, Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas

Richard C Dieter, Principal Consultant, RDieter Communications, and Former Executive Director of Death Penalty Information Center

Vicki Schieber, Murder victim’s family member and Co-founder of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, and Founding member of Catholic Mobilizing Network Speakers Bureau

Date: Monday, April 17, 2017 at 10:00AM EST

Dial-in Information: U.S. Toll Free: 800-875-3456, Verbal Passcode: End the Death Penalty

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Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), working in close collaboration with United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and as a sponsored ministry of the Congregation of St. Joseph, proclaims the Church’s pro-life teaching and prepares Catholics for informed involvement in the public debate to end the death penalty and promote restorative justice.