Death penalty movie
Amnesty International at the Moxie
Greta Brown
Issue date: 9/30/09 Section: Life
Amnesty International (AI) will sponsor the showing of At the Death House Door this week at the Moxie to promote awareness and education on the issue.
The film is a 2008 Independent Film Channel movie that examines the death penalty in Texas from the perspective of a Huntsville "death house" chaplain who witnesses nearly 100 executions over the course of his career. The film also examines the controversial execution of Huntsville inmate Carlos De Luna, who dies by lethal injection in 1989 despite evidence which suggested his innocence.
The death penalty is a controversial issue that divides the nation. Currently, 35 states still use capital punishment while 16, including the United States' commonwealth, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have outlawed capital punishment as a means of addressing serious crime.
It is an issue that Amnesty International takes seriously, and the group works to provide educational opportunities for Drury students and make the issue one students feel comfortable discussing. Mackenzie Love, Amnesty International member working on the Death Penalty campaign said, "Amnesty International's main goal is to get individuals thinking and talking about the death penalty. Education is key."
According to the Amnesty International website, the death penalty is the, "…ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error."
Amnesty International works in many capacities to end the death penalty through supporting coalitions and networks globally, collecting information and releasing reports/statistics about the death penalty, bringing attention to specific cases, and working to end the executions of prisoners of conscious.
Currently, Amnesty is working to protect Troy Davis of Georgia from death penalty. It is for these reasons that AI at Drury develops campus projects which are specific to informing the community on the facts surrounding the death penalty.
The film is a 2008 Independent Film Channel movie that examines the death penalty in Texas from the perspective of a Huntsville "death house" chaplain who witnesses nearly 100 executions over the course of his career. The film also examines the controversial execution of Huntsville inmate Carlos De Luna, who dies by lethal injection in 1989 despite evidence which suggested his innocence.
The death penalty is a controversial issue that divides the nation. Currently, 35 states still use capital punishment while 16, including the United States' commonwealth, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have outlawed capital punishment as a means of addressing serious crime.
It is an issue that Amnesty International takes seriously, and the group works to provide educational opportunities for Drury students and make the issue one students feel comfortable discussing. Mackenzie Love, Amnesty International member working on the Death Penalty campaign said, "Amnesty International's main goal is to get individuals thinking and talking about the death penalty. Education is key."
According to the Amnesty International website, the death penalty is the, "…ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error."
Amnesty International works in many capacities to end the death penalty through supporting coalitions and networks globally, collecting information and releasing reports/statistics about the death penalty, bringing attention to specific cases, and working to end the executions of prisoners of conscious.
Currently, Amnesty is working to protect Troy Davis of Georgia from death penalty. It is for these reasons that AI at Drury develops campus projects which are specific to informing the community on the facts surrounding the death penalty.
Article last update: 9/29/09 at 6:17 PM CST
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Dudley Sharp
posted 12/07/09 @ 9:27 AM CST
Death penalty awareness requires more than indocrination by anti death penalty sources. You have to look at both sides of an issue to arrive at any kind of true awareness. (Continued…)
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Dudley Sharp
posted 12/07/09 @ 9:28 AM CST
Death penalty awareness requires more than indocrination by anti death penalty sources. You have to look at both sides of an issue to arrive at any kind of true awareness. (Continued…)
Dudley Sharp
posted 12/11/09 @ 5:15 AM CST
Troy Davis: Both sides need to be told
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Anyone interested in justice will demand a fair, thorough look at both sides of this or any case. (Continued…)
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Dudley Sharp
posted 12/11/09 @ 5:19 AM CST
I agree with Ms. Love. "Educate yourself".
"At the Death House Door" Can Rev. Carroll Pickett be trusted?"
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/01/30/fact-checking-is-very-welcome. (Continued…)
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