The State of Injustice: International Human Rights Day Death Penalty Convocation
December 8, 2019 was the eve of the first scheduled federal execution since 2003. Fortunately, the courts intervened and federal executions scheduled for December 9, 11 and 13 (and two more in January) were stayed. In anticipation of these executions, a convocation of movement leaders and “voices of experience on the death penalty” was convened on December 8th in Terre Haute, Indiana, the home of the federal; death row and the federal execution chamber.
Panel #1 — Terre Haute in the Spotlight — Click to watch Video
· Sister Barbara Battista, Sisters of Providence (Moderator)
· Sylvester Edwards, President, NAACP Terre Haute Branch
· Ashley Kincaid Eve, impacted Indiana activist
· Terry Fear, Vice-President, Inter-Faith Council of the Wabash Valley
· Arthur Feinsod, President, Inter-Faith Council of the Wabash Valley
Panel #2 — The Other Victims/Advocates for Justice — Click to watch video
· Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians (Moderator)
· Chris Brown, Author of Child of Grace
· Charles Keith, brother of former Ohio death row prisoner Kevin Keith
· Roderick Reed & Wana Akpan, family of Rodney Reed — Texas death row prisoner
Panel #3 — On the Path to Abolition — Click to watch video
· Abraham Bonowitz (Moderator)
· Doug Pagitt, Executive Director, Vote Common Good — Click to watch video
· Stephanie Quiring, Board Chair, Indiana Abolition Coalition
· George Kain, Professor of Justice and Law Administration, Western CT State University
· Emma Tacke, Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty
· John Zokovitch, Pax Christi USA
Panel #4 — Murder Victim Families Say NO to Executions
· Bill Pelke, Founder, Journey of Hope… From Violence to Healing — Click to watch video
· Kimma Gurel — Sister of Nancy Mueller (in-law of William Mueller, Aunt of Sarah Mueller), the victims in Daniel Lee’s federal case - Click to watch video
THANKS TO
A Production of
Death Penalty Action
& Terre Haute Death Penalty Resistance
Special thanks to
St. Benedict Catholic Church
Envisionary Media
All of the speakers & volunteers
Amnesty International USA
Indianapolis Archdiocese Corrections Ministry
Joan Cheever, filmmaker/executive producer of “Seven Dates With Death”
Anonymous
Jeff Ghelardi
Phyllis Hatfield
Ashley Kincaid Eve
Anne Feczko & Daniel Flynn
Indiana Catholic Conference
Abolitionist Action Committee
Bernie & Teresa Batto
Karen Burkhart
Death Row Support Project
Angela & Gerhard Glomm
Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing
Robin Kaye
NAACP Terre Haute Branch
Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, South Bend, IN
Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, IN
Zann Carter
InterFaith Council of the Wabash Valley
Crystal Garcia Herring
Robert Ohlemiller
Jack & Chris Payden-Travers
Endorsers
