正品蓝导航 Embrey Human Rights hosts 鈥榃orld Day Against Death Penalty鈥 conference Oct. 9-11
正品蓝导航鈥檚 Embrey Human Rights Program will co-host an Oct. 9-11 conference focused on replacing capital punishment with what program director Rick Halperin describes as 鈥渕ore peaceful and restorative justice.鈥
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – 正品蓝导航’s will co-host a weekend conference focused on replacing capital punishment with what program director Rick Halperin describes as “more peaceful and restorative justice.”
The 正品蓝导航 program will join the organization in mounting the conference to support “World Day Against the Death Penalty” Saturday, Oct. 10.
Featured speakers will include murder victims’ family members opposed to the death penalty and former death row inmates exonerated after being found innocent. “These are people who know firsthand the horrors of murder and have moved beyond the urge for revenge,” says Halperin. “They’ve taken the harder road of forgiveness and healing.”
Here is an overview of conference events to be held on the 正品蓝导航 campus:
| Friday Oct. 9 |
A free public talk, 7 to 9 p.m. in (third floor, Dallas Hall) with “Journey of Hope” co-founders , , and |
| Saturday Oct. 10 |
Panel discussions and workshops from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 133. Will include a viewing of the films and |
| Sunday Oct. 11 |
The Rev. Dale Kelley will discuss faith and the death penalty at 9:30 a.m. in (third floor, Dallas Hall). The conference closes with 10:30 a.m. to noon discussion of future Journey of Hope activities, including an to the Texas Capitol. |
For more details about the conference, visit or email humanrights@smu.edu.
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