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Race, Class and the U.S. Death Penalty
September 6, 2000
Listen/download helpSince 1976, the United States has executed more than 650 people. Recent cases of innocent people being released from death row have drawn mainstream media attention. On this program, the National Radio Project's Prison Desk takes a look at the death penalty and how race and class figure in how defendants get a fair trial.
Featuring:
Stephen Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights; Alan Senauke, Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Pat Clark, American Friends Service Committee; Brian Stephenson, Equal Justice Initiative; Trisha Kendall, Moratorium Now Campaign; Brian Henninger, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; Lenny Foster, Navajo Nations Corrections Project; Sheila McCanta, Diocesan Parish Resource for Social Justice.
For more information:
Southern Center for Human Rights
83 Poplar St., NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-688-1202;
fax: 404-688-9440
www.schr.org
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
P.O. Box 4650
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-655-6169;
fax: 510-655-1369
American Friends Service Committee
Criminal Justice Program
1501 Cherry St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-241-7130;
fax: 215-241-7275
www.afsc.org/pdesc/pd129.htm
Equal Justice Initiative
114 North Hull St.
Montgomery, AL 36104
334-269-1803
www.efi.org
Moratorium Now Campaign
P.O. Box 5206
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
301-699-0042;
fax: 301-864-2182
www.quixote.org/ej
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
1436 U Street, NW, Rm. 104
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-387-3890
www.ncadp.org
Navajo Nations Corrections Project
P.O. Drawer 709
Window Rock, AZ 86515
520-871-6234
Diocesan Parish Resource for Social Justice
510-450-1110
www.oakdiocese.org/pastoral/SJ&E.htm