On Tuesday, September 29th Kwame Ajamu, Chairman of the Board at WTI, spoke at a "Human Rights & Justice" Webinar with Celia Ouellette, CEO, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (moderator), Christopher Miller, Head of Global Activism Strategy, Ben & Jerry's, and Carleen Pickard, Ethical Campaign Specialist, LUSH. The panel encouraged more businesses to get involved in social justice issues including death penalty aboli...
On Sunday, September 27th, Randal Padget spoke to about 12 students, and their families, from JCP's Hebrew School Project in New York City for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
On Wednesday, September 23rd, Joaquin Martinez spoke to a wrongful convictions class at Texas Christian University. There were about 30 students present during the virtual class. Joaquin spoke about his journey from wrongful conviction to exoneration, the death penalty as a human rights issue, and the need for more compassion and understanding in the world.
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Kwame Ajamu and Ricky Jackson spoke at an Ohio event titled "Executing the Innocent." There were over 100 people in attendance at the virtual event which was hosted by the University of Akron, Tiffin University, Ohio Innocence Project, Ohioans to Stop Executions, and Witness to Innocence. Kwame and Ricky discussed their experiences on death row, the status of death penalty reform in Ohio, and how yo...
The Death Penalty Information Center released a new report which examines the historical role that race has played in the death penalty and a statistical analysis of the significant role race continues to play in capital convictions.
