Abolish the Death Penalty
WATCH A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE DEATH PENALTY
July 30, 8 PM (Eastern Time)
NBC's Dateline
"Can capital punishment be justified in a criminal justice system so fraught with error that in Illinois, 13 of 25 inmates slated for execution were discovered to be innocent?"
This was exactly the question that former Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in the final days of his term as he decided whether to let 167 people live or die. And it is the question that America will face on July 30 when "Deadline," a new documentary on the death penalty, has its national television premiere in a special two-hour edition of NBC's Dateline at 8 pm (Eastern Time).
"Deadline" explores two of the most significant, yet unexamined, events in the history of American capital punishment:
-- the abolition of the death penalty in 1972
-- the momentous debate in Illinois in 2002-2003 over clemency for all of the state's death row inmates.
The film reveals the inner workings of these events and leads to profound questions on America's approach to crime and punishment.
It is unprecedented for a film like this to get such a large, diverse audience, which makes it extremely important for viewers to tune in and show the network just how hungry the American public is for media that forces us to think critically.
Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty has been working with the outreach coordinator to make sure that "Deadline" reaches as many people as possible, as part of our mission to educate the American public about the fatal flaws in the death penalty system.
For more about the documentary, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9494
To tell a friend about this documentary, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9495
To learn more about the death penalty, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9496
July 30, 8 PM (Eastern Time)
NBC's Dateline
"Can capital punishment be justified in a criminal justice system so fraught with error that in Illinois, 13 of 25 inmates slated for execution were discovered to be innocent?"
This was exactly the question that former Illinois Governor George Ryan faced in the final days of his term as he decided whether to let 167 people live or die. And it is the question that America will face on July 30 when "Deadline," a new documentary on the death penalty, has its national television premiere in a special two-hour edition of NBC's Dateline at 8 pm (Eastern Time).
"Deadline" explores two of the most significant, yet unexamined, events in the history of American capital punishment:
-- the abolition of the death penalty in 1972
-- the momentous debate in Illinois in 2002-2003 over clemency for all of the state's death row inmates.
The film reveals the inner workings of these events and leads to profound questions on America's approach to crime and punishment.
It is unprecedented for a film like this to get such a large, diverse audience, which makes it extremely important for viewers to tune in and show the network just how hungry the American public is for media that forces us to think critically.
Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty has been working with the outreach coordinator to make sure that "Deadline" reaches as many people as possible, as part of our mission to educate the American public about the fatal flaws in the death penalty system.
For more about the documentary, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9494
To tell a friend about this documentary, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9495
To learn more about the death penalty, go to:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=677776&l=9496
Starmail - 26. Jul, 23:27
