Executing Justice: A Death Penalty Conference in Boulder
The University of Colorado ACLU Caucus is holding a death penalty conference on November 7-9, 2001. Executing Justice: A Death Penalty Conference will address how the death penalty works in modern times, particularly in legal and financial terms. "We hope through this medium to educate the public on the problems with the death penalty."
The conference is being held at the University Memorial Center (UMC). Panel discussions are scheduled for the UMC's first-floor Forum Room, and the rally is scheduled for the fountain behind the UMC. Get maps and directions or see main campus map. Paid parking is available in the Euclid (off Broadway and Euclid) parking complex, to the right of the UMC.
You are invited to attend. The conference is free and open to the public. For the latest information, visit the Executing Justice: A Death Penalty Conference Web page. Here is the planned schedule of events.
Wednesday, November 7th
- 7:00 p.m. in Math 100
Opening Keynote Address
Speaker: Richard Dieter, Executive Director Death Penalty Information Center
Reception to follow in UMC 305 (Dennis Small Cultural Center)
Thursday, November 8th
- 11:00 a.m. in UMC Forum Room
Social Sciences and Trends Towards Abolition
Featuring Richard Dieter, Michael Radelet
- 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
UMC Fountain Area (will relocate to UMC dining area in event of poor weather)
Rally: A Moratorium on the Death Penalty
Featuring Ann Aber, Barry Satlow, Jim Sunderland, other speakers
- 2:00 p.m. in UMC Forum Room
Race, Class, and the Death Penalty
Featuring Richard Dieter, Michael Radelet, Douglas Wilson
- 7:00 p.m. in UMC Forum Room
Debate between Bob Grant (Adams County DA) and Douglas Wilson (Public Defender), Resolved: The State of Colorado Should Abolish the Death Penalty
Reception to follow in UMC 305
Friday, November 9th
- 10:00 a.m. in UMC Forum Room
Other Perspectives on the Death Penalty panel
Featuring Jim Sunderland, Gary Jackson, Dianne Tramutola-Lawson
- 12:00 p.m. in UMC Forum Room
Ethics of Death Penalty
Featuring Ira Chernus, David Boonin, Mary Malatesta
- 2:00 p.m. in UMC Forum Room
Mechanics of Death Penalty
Featuring Sharlene Reynolds, Steve Bernard, Jim Castle
- 7:00 p.m. in Math 100
Closing Keynote Address
Speaker: Elizabeth Semel of the American Bar Association Capital Punishment Project
Reception to follow in the UMC Aspen Rooms on the second floor of the UMC
For biographies of the speakers, see www.Colorado.EDU/StudentGroups/ACLU/keynote.htm
For questions contact Jess Sucherman at sucherma@colorado.edu or aclu_student@hotmail.com
For more information, contact Erica Patino at Erica.Patino@Colorado.EDU or contact Doug Wilson at either wilsonjd@Colorado.EDU or 303/534-7189.
