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Showing posts with label lecture. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Conversion to Moratorium: The Chicago Tribune and the Illinois Death Penalty
Bruce Dold, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Editorial Page Editor of the Chicago Tribune, comes to ND this week as the third speaker in ND ASK's fall lecture series. Mr. Dold will adress the Tribune's role in the Illinois moratorium process and speak about his personal conversion and the editorial page's conversion on the death penalty, at 7:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 5 in the Hammes Student Lounge in Coleman-Morse.
Please click below for more about Mr. Dold.
Mr. Dold joined the Tribune in 1978 as a reporter. He covered the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns and the mayoral campaigns of Harold Washington and Richard M. Daley. He was appointed to the Tribune’s editorial board in 1990 and became deputy editor of the board in 1995. That same year, he began writing a weekly column that appeared on the Commentary page of the Tribune. He was named editorial page editor of the 155-year-old newspaper in July, 2000.
Mr. Dold received the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1994 for a series on the death of a three-year-old boy and the failure of the juvenile court and child welfare system to save the child. His writing contributed to sweeping reforms in the protection and care of abused children in Illinois.
He received the 1999 Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award for Commentary, the 1999 Herman Kogan Award for Commentary from the Chicago Bar Association, and the 1988 Peter Lisagor Award for public service from the Chicago Headline Club. He served as a Pulitzer Prize juror in 1997 and 1998. His work has been honored by numerous civic organizations.
Under his direction, the Tribune editorial page has received more than dozen major awards, including the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for editorials demanding reform of the death penalty system.
He has often appeared on national television and radio programs, including Nightline, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Hardball with Chris Mathews.
Mr. Dold received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism in 1977 and a Master of Science in Journalism in 1978 from Northwestern University and has served as an instructor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.
In his own words
Bud Welch describes his experience following the death of his daughter:
“I was opposed to the death penalty all my life until my daughter Julie Marie was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. For many months after the bombing I could have killed Timothy McVeigh myself. Temporary insanity is real, and I have lived it. You can’t think of enough adjectives to describe the rage, revenge, and hate I felt. But after time, I was able to examine my conscience, and I realized that if McVeigh is put to death, it won’t help me in the healing process. People talk about executions bringing closure. But how can there be closure when my little girl is never coming back. I finally realized that the death penalty is all about revenge and hate, and revenge and hate are why Julie Marie and 167 others are dead.”
Mr. Welch will be speaking at Notre Dame this week, on Nov. 7 at 8 pm in the CSC Classroom; on Nov. 8 at 12 noon in the Law School and on Nov. 8 at 7:30 pm in the Hesburgh Center.
"Vengeance Solves No Problems"
Bud Welch lost his 23-year old daughter in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. In the months after her death, he changed from supporting the death penalty to taking a public stand against it, inspired in part by his daughter's stance against the death penalty prior to her own murder.
Mr. Welch will be speaking at Notre Dame this week, on Nov. 7 at 8 pm in the CSC Classroom, on Nov. 8 at 12 noon in the Law School and on Nov. 8 at 7:30 pm in the Hesburgh Center. Click below for more.
Mr. Welch has testified before the U.S. Congress, many State Senate and House Judiciary Committees, made numerous radio and TV appearances, and met frequently with the father of Timothy McVeigh. He has addressed the British Parliament and the European Parliament as part of the Amnesty International Journey of Hope in Paris, London and Brussels.
His work as a speaker and advocate has been widely recognized. In 1997 Mr. Welch was awarded the "Champion of Justice Award" by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He was given the "Abolitionist of the Year Award" in 1998 by the Okalahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the "Felton Humanitarian Award" from Death Penalty Focus of California, the "Spirit of Compassion Award" of the Prison Action Committee in Buffalo, New York and the ACLU Oklahoma Foundation "Anti-Death Penalty/Prison Project Award." In 1999 Mr. Welch received the "Abolitionist of the Year Award" from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. And in 2002, he was named "Abolitionist of the Year" by Coloradans Against the Death Penalty.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Juan Melendez to speak at ND on Wednesday, 10/3
Juan Melendez, an innocent man who spent 18 years on death row in Florida, will speak this Wednesday, October 3 at 5 pm in DeBartolo 102. His lecture is open to the public; his trip to ND is sponsored by the Hispanic Law Student Association and the American Constitution Society of the ND Law School.
Juan Melendez became the 24th person exonerated and released from Florida's death row when he was freed on January 3, 2002 after spending almost 18 years facing execution for a crime he did not commit. The photo above was taken upon his release from prison.
Melendez was convicted in 1984 at the age of 33 with no physical evidence linking him to the crime and testimony from questionable witnesses. In fact, prosecutors concealed evidence from the court in order to protect the guilty man, a police informant. Melendez's conviction fell apart when the police informant's confession came to light in 1999 - a confession that prosecutors knew about before they took Melendez to trial.
Upon his release, the state of Florida gave Melendez what they give to every inmate that leaves prison - $100.
Contact us for more information on Melendez and his lecture, at notredameask@gmail.com.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
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.
If you haven't already registered, click here to do so!
Click below to expand this post and see the schedule.
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)
Click here to register now!
Speakers and location subject to change. Updates will be sent to those registered for the forum and posted regularly on our blog.
Monday, April 16, 2007
ND ASK Spring Forum Registration
ND ASK is proud to announce its first annual forum on the death penalty at which we will address the growing national trend towards moratoriums and abolition as well as the evolution of various legal issues. The primary focus will be how to harness and accelerate this national trend here in
The forum will feature several panel discussions on topics such as legal issues regarding mental illness and lethal injection, the importance of the media’s role in ending the death penalty, as well as a keynote speech by Assistant Executive Director of the Indiana Public Defenders Council, Paula Sites.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Dale Recinella Talks Cancelled
Due to several flight cancellations, Mr. Recinella will not be able to join us here at Notre Dame for his scheduled talks, despite his best efforts.
We will be doing our best to bring his informative and passionate talks to campus sometime later this spring. Until then, be sure to check out his website iwasinprison.org for insight into the great work that he and his wife do.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Death Row Chaplain to Speak at ND
Florida Death Row lay chaplain and '76 Law School alum, Dale Recinella, will be on campus this Wednesday and Thursday to speak about his experiences ministering to those who have been sentenced to death and to share his opinions and insights about the death penalty. We were lucky enough to have Mr. Recinella with us to speak in the fall and we're blessed to have him this second time. If you didn't see him last time, you can't afford to miss hearing his intensely personal and passionate observations of our justice system and capital punishment.
Dale will be giving two different talks during his stay with us at Notre Dame:
"The Death Penalty Leaves No Survivors"
Wednesday, 2/14 at 7:00PM in the Hesburgh Center, Room C-103
"A Tour Inside Death Row and Solitary Confinement"
Thursday, 2/15, 12:00 Noon in the Law School, Room 120
You can read more about Mr. Recinella's work and background at his website, www.iwasinprison.org or check out his book, The Biblical Truth about America's Death Penalty.
We hope to see you there!
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