Achieving the Inevitable: Ending the Death Penalty in Indiana

We are proud to finally announce our title --Achieving the Inevitable: Ending the Death Penalty in Indiana-- and schedule for the upcoming forum on April 27th-29th.

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Friday, April 28

7:30 pm, Opening Remarks

8:00 pm, Screening of The Exonerated
(Jordan Auditorium)

Saturday, April 29

9:30 - 10:45, Breakfast and Keynote Address by Paula Sites, Assistant Executive Director of the Indiana Public Defender Council (Center for Social Concerns)

11- 12:15, Panel Session 1:

The American Bar Association & Indiana: Moving toward a Moratorium
(Room 121, Mendoza College of Business)

Prison Ministry: Building Relationships with Death Row Inmates
(Room 122, Mendoza)

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty: Arbitrary, Capricious and Inhumane
(Room L014B, Mendoza)

12:30 - 1, Presentations:

Indiana's Movement Against the Death Penalty
--Chris Hitz-Bradley, President, Indiana Information Center for the Abolition of Capital Punishment
(Room 121, Mendoza College of Business)

From Death to Detention: 18th Century Great Britain's Penal System as the End to Capital Punishment
--Professor Sean O’Brien, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
(Room 122, Mendoza)

Sane Punishment for the Mentally Ill
--Kathleen Bayes, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness – Fort Wayne
(Room L014B, Mendoza)

1-1:50, Working Lunch:

Group Discussions with Guest Speakers and Panelists on Students’ Role in the Movement for a Moratorium in Indiana

2-3:15, Panel Session 2:

The American Bar Association & Indiana: Moving toward a Moratorium
(Room 121, Mendoza College of Business)

The Role of Religion and Churches in Ending Indiana’s Death Penalty
(Room 122, Mendoza)

The Role of Indiana’s Media in the Movement for a Moratorium
(Room L014B, Mendoza)

3:30-4:30, Action and Information Session on the May 4th Execution of David Woods:

--Discussion of ND ASK’s planned response to the pending execution of David Woods, including a petition to Governor Mitch Daniels and a vigil at Michigan City prison. Also, Wanda Callahan, longtime spiritual adviser to David will speak to his rehabilitation and their twenty-year friendship.

7:30-9, Film Screening: The Thin Blue Line
(Jordan Auditorium)

9:15, Grotto Vigil:
--In remembrance of the victim of David Woods’ crime, Juan Placencia, and his family

Sunday, April 29

9:30 – 11, Breakfast and Closing Remarks:
(Oak Room, South Dining Hall)

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Speakers and location subject to change. Updates will be sent to those registered for the forum and posted regularly on our blog.