Saturday, February 20, Save this Date, UT Campus Room and Time TBA
THE ROOTS OF RACISM AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA: Presenting the Campaign to End the Death Penalty’s National Speaking Tour for 2009 – 2010. Join this teach-in tour in cities around the country this fall and spring. This year’s tour looks at the historic link between the death penalty and lynching in the United States. Hear from those who have been freed from death row, activists and scholars on the role of racism in our criminal justice system and why the death penalty and unjust sentencing need to be abolished.