Joan Cheever author of Back From Dead

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Justice for All?

Justice for All?

The death penalty has come under intense criticism of late. innocent people have been released from death row after years of wrongful incarceration. other innocents, such as ruben cantu in Texas, may have been wrongfully executed. Calls have been made to stop all executions and investigate the system or to abolish it once and for all. At the same time Murder Victim Families are organizing against the death penalty and say "Stop Killing in My Name." Democracy is animated when an informed public is engaged in the issues of the day. We hope this series will reach new and diverse participants and audiences and will stimulate public dialogue about this contemporary social issue and inspire action to make change. Video is a wonderful medium for the transformation and awareness of the world.

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Joan Cheever talking during the 2006 Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break: www.alternativespringbreak.org What would happen if the United States abolished the death penalty and emptied its Death Rows? If the killers were released from prison? What would they do with their second chance to live? Would they kill again? Back From The Dead is the story of 589 former death row inmates who, through a lottery of fate, were given a second chance at life in 1972 when the death penalty was abolished; it returned to the United States four years later. In Back from the Dead, Cheever describes her own journey and reveals these tales of second chances: of tragedy and failure, racism and injustice, and redemption and rehabilitation.
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