Mar. 24
TEXAS:
"The Death Penalty: A Broken, Costly System."
WHAT: "The Death Penalty: A Broken, Costly System."
PRESENTER: Kristin Houl, Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty.
WHEN: 6:00 p.m.., Thursday, March 26.
WHERE: Blumberg Auditorium, UTEP Library.
DETAILS: A film, "Juan Melendez – 6446," the story of a man who spent
6,446 days on death row in Florida for a crime he did not commit, will be
followed by a discussion led by Ms. Houl.
ADMISSION: Free.
SPONSORS: UTEP's Department of Sociology/Anthropology, the El Paso
Catholic Diocese Criminal Justice Ministry; and El Pasoans Against the
Death Penalty, a chapter of TCADP.
INFORMATION: (915) 543-9808.
"The Death Penalty: A Broken, Costly System" is a special presentation to
be given by Kristin Houl, Executive Director of the Texas Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty, during her El Paso visit. TCADP is a statewide,
grassroots membership organization based in Austin.
Beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in UTEP's Blumberg
Auditorium, the program will open with a film, "Juan Melendez – 6446,"
followed by a discussion led by Ms. Houl. Admission is free and open to
the public. For more information, call (915) 543-9808.
The film, "Juan Melendez – 6446," is the true story of a man who spent
6,446 days on death row in Florida for a crime he did not commit. The case
of Juan Melendez sheds light on the stark consequences of wrongful
convictions: 130 peopleincluding nine in Texashave been released from
death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful
conviction.
Sponsors are UTEP's Department of Sociology/Anthropology, the El Paso
Catholic Diocese Criminal Justice Ministry; and El Pasoans Against the
Death Penalty, a chapter of TCADP.
(source: Newspaper Tree)