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Executions Are On The Rise
September 11, 2025
State and Federal governments are on a killing spree. Thirty persons have been executed across this country so far this year with ten more scheduled. You have to go back to 2014 to top this year's total. We are going in the wrong direction.
Call to Action
Pray: Jesus, you were counted among thieves, and you were the victim of capital punishment. Yet you came to set free those who are imprisoned. Heal the souls of those who, in their pain, inflict suffering on others. Help us to see ourselves in the face of the criminal. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive the sins of those who have trespassed against us. Give us the power not to punish but to heal, not to seek retribution but to work for restoration and the reign of your peace. Holy Spirit, of God, you strengthen us in the struggle for justice. Comfort those whose loved ones have been murdered. Help us to work tirelessly for the abolition of state sanctioned death and to renew our society in its very heart so that violence will be no more. Amen.
[adapted from a prayer submitted to CMN by Pat Doyle of El Paso, Tx]
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Advocate: Sign the petitions for clemency found by clicking the names of those currently scheduled for execution yet this year. Spread this message in your networks. If you live anywhere near your state's death chamber consider attending a vigil at the time of an execution.
September 17 - FL
David Joseph Pittman
September 25 - AL
Geoffrey T. West
September 25 - TX
Blaine Milam
September 30 - FL
Victor Tony Jones
October 10 - IN
Roy Lee Ward
October 14 - MO
Lance C. Shockley
October 16 - TX
Robert Roberson
October 17 - AZ
Richard Djerf
October 23 - AL
Anthony Todd Boyd
December 11 - TN
Harold Nichols
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