The Catholic Call to End Missouri’s Death Penalty
Tue, Aug 16
|Zoom
Calling all Catholics in Missouri! Please join Catholic Mobilizing Network and Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty for a one-hour webinar on August 16 to learn how you can help in the efforts to end Missouri’s death penalty.
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2022, 6:00 PM
Zoom
About the event
Participants will hear from a variety of voices on the brokenness of Missouri’s death penalty, including Joe Amrine — who spent seventeen years on Missouri’s death row for a crime he did not commit — and the Most Reverend Mark Rivituso, who will share how the Catholic faith invites us to work for an end to the death penalty and the dignity of all people.
Event Details
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7–8 p.m. ET (6–7 p.m. CT)
This webinar will take place via Zoom conference. Zoom details will be sent to the email with which you register.
Speakers
Joe Amrine was sentenced to death in 1986 for the murder of a fellow prison inmate, Gary Barber, and spent seventeen years of his life on Missouri’s death row. Joe maintained his innocence, and investigators were never able to provide any physical evidence linking Joe to the crime. Joe was convicted mainly because…