ALABAMA:
Race plays key role in death-row cases, says speaker
More often than not, race of the victim and the defendant determines
which criminals land on death row in Alabama, death penalty opponent Bryan
Stevenson told an audience at Auburn Montgomery on Sunday.
Stevenson, who heads the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, was the
keynote speaker for this year's AUM Durr Lecture Series, which always
focuses on hot-button civil liberties issues.
Stevenson, who is also a professor at New York University School of Law,
has worked with his staff to win reversals or reduced sentences in over 65
death penalty cases.
Following his talk, Stevenson was presented a framed event poster by AUM
Chancellor John Veres.
Ann Durr Lyon, daughter of Virginia and Clifford Durr, also received a
framed poster. The event is named in honor of Lyons parents and she stays
active in its planning each year.
Her father, Clifford Durr was appointed to the Federal Communications
Commission by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was instrumental in
obtaining the 1st public educational channel in Alabama.
(source: Montgomery Advertiser)
Race plays key role in death-row cases, says speaker
More often than not, race of the victim and the defendant determines
which criminals land on death row in Alabama, death penalty opponent Bryan
Stevenson told an audience at Auburn Montgomery on Sunday.
Stevenson, who heads the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, was the
keynote speaker for this year's AUM Durr Lecture Series, which always
focuses on hot-button civil liberties issues.
Stevenson, who is also a professor at New York University School of Law,
has worked with his staff to win reversals or reduced sentences in over 65
death penalty cases.
Following his talk, Stevenson was presented a framed event poster by AUM
Chancellor John Veres.
Ann Durr Lyon, daughter of Virginia and Clifford Durr, also received a
framed poster. The event is named in honor of Lyons parents and she stays
active in its planning each year.
Her father, Clifford Durr was appointed to the Federal Communications
Commission by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was instrumental in
obtaining the 1st public educational channel in Alabama.
(source: Montgomery Advertiser)
More often than not, race of the victim and the defendant determines
which criminals land on death row in Alabama, death penalty opponent Bryan
Stevenson told an audience at Auburn Montgomery on Sunday.
Stevenson, who heads the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, was the
keynote speaker for this year's AUM Durr Lecture Series, which always
focuses on hot-button civil liberties issues.
Stevenson, who is also a professor at New York University School of Law,
has worked with his staff to win reversals or reduced sentences in over 65
death penalty cases.
Following his talk, Stevenson was presented a framed event poster by AUM
Chancellor John Veres.
Ann Durr Lyon, daughter of Virginia and Clifford Durr, also received a
framed poster. The event is named in honor of Lyons parents and she stays
active in its planning each year.
Her father, Clifford Durr was appointed to the Federal Communications
Commission by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was instrumental in
obtaining the 1st public educational channel in Alabama.
(source: Montgomery Advertiser)
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