Apr 8, 2020
Sister Helen Prejean on Thursday’s Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty!
Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty, features leading figures in the world of death penalty abolition. See below for sponsorship opportunities!
In our premier broadcast last Tuesday, we heard from former prison warden Ron McAndrew. Then on Thursday, Shane Claiborne joined us to announce a new collaboration between Death Penalty Action and Red Letter Christians. And now…
3pm EDT Thursday, April 9th, 2020
Voices of Experience on the Death Penalty will feature noted author and leading death penalty abolitionist, Sr. Helen Prejean!
Watch LIVE (or afterwards) on the Death Penalty Action Facebook page.
Join us on Maundy Thursday and the first day of Passover for a discussion with Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ about our work to stop executions and caring for prisoners in the context of the COVID19 Pandemic, juxtaposed with Good Friday, Easter & Passover.
ALSO PARTICIPATING
- Abraham Bonowitz, Death Penalty Action (Host)
- Rob Dunham, Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), with an update on litigation around federal executions and how COVID19 is impacting scheduled executions and litigation on capital cases (DPIC does not take a position on capital punishment and appears for informational purposes only).
- Bill Pelke, Journey of Hope …From Violence to Healing
- Krisanne Valliancourt Murphy, Catholic Mobilizing Network
- John Zokovitch, Pax Christi USA
Watch LIVE (or afterwards) on the Death Penalty Action Facebook page.
ANNOUNCING a new Execution Action Page collaboration between Death Penalty Action and Red Letter Christians. See the new page at http://deathpenaltyaction.org/redletterchristians AND…
LATER ON THURSDAY, Join Shane and Red Letter Christians for a Facebook live gathering at 7pm EDT on April 9, when Shane Claiborne discusses Holy Week and the importance of abolishing the death penalty while sharing his free book chapter from Executing Grace entitled “The Most Famous Execution in History.” Listeners are invited to pre-read the chapter at the link below and submit questions via the comments section during the Facebook Live. https://aerbook.com/books/Executing_Grace_Chapter_5_special_excerpt-25146-163191.html?store_id=51&product_id=3200032
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Watch LIVE (or afterwards) on the Death Penalty Action Facebook page.
With hope, love and prayers for everyone impacted by the pandemic,
Scott Langley and Abraham J. Bonowitz
Death Penalty Action Co-Directors
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