be-part-of-the-conversation: save the date: Tuesday, September 24th 7:00 PM University of Dayton Kennedy Union Ballroom

The flaws of the U.S. system of capital punishment are numerous. It’s deeply rooted in racial injustice, it disproportionately affects poor and vulnerable populations, risks innocent lives, and perpetuates cycles of harm and violence.

Is this justice?

Nearly 200 innocent people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. since 1976, not to mention the untold number of people who were unjustly executed. Many murder victims’ family members are outspoken about the fact that the death penalty falls short in providing healing or closure in the wake of grave tragedy.

This upcoming panel will feature a death row exoneree, the mother of a murder victim, and a Catholic priest and lawyer who helped exonerate his friend. Each will share their personal experience with the death penalty, and help you explore how you can impact death penalty policy in Ohio.

Panelists

Kwame Ajamu

Board Chair of Witness to Innocence and death row exoneree

Rev. Dr. Crystal Walker

Co-Chair of Ohioans to Stop Executions and mother of a murder victim

Fr. Neil Kookoothe

Lawyer and prison chaplain who helped exonerate Joe D’Ambrosio from Ohio’s death row

Parking for the event will be in C Lot.

You can get to C Lot from Irving Ave. Turn down Evanston Ave. Drive past the RecPlex on your right and pull in the Visitor Center on your left. If there is a Parking Services representive there, they will give you a temporary pass for that lot. If no one is there, you can simply park in the lot.

To get to Kennedy Union, walk up the path next to Alumni Hall. Kennedy Union is the building straight ahead. The Ballroom is on the 2nd floor.

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