A Special Hearing on Capital Punishment: Perspectives at the Death House Door
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
By Staff
A panel of experts, elected officials, and religious leaders will discuss the current issues surrounding the death penalty such as: wrongful conviction, racial justice and lethal injection. Each discussion will be introduced by a clip of the Independent Film Channel’s new documentary “At the Death House Door”, slated for broadcast premiere on May 29th at 9pm EST, tells the story of Carroll Pickett, the Chaplin for the Texas Department of Corrections from 1982-1995 who counseled 95 inmates executed by lethal injection.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Legislative Auditorium
North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh
Panelist will include:
North Carolina State Representative Rick Glazier
Richard Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center
Peter Gilbert, Award Winning Film Marker, Kartemquin Films
Maurice Possley, Award Winning Chicago Tribune Journalist
Reverend Carroll Pickett¸ Texas Death Row chaplain, featured in “At the Death House Door”
Jessica Leaven, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Attorney for recently exonerated Glen Edward Chapman
Theresa Newman, Clinical Professor of Law, Duke University and President of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
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