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BRIEF: Can we afford the death penalty?

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Victoria Thorpe protests the death penalty
Victoria Thorpe protests the death penalty

On Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m., five panelists will gather at Gonzaga University for a forum titled, “Can we afford the death penalty? The Loss of Compassion is too Costly.”

According to a press release, “The facts presented will illustrate that retributive justice is not the justice which creates a peaceful society, but instead perpetuates the cycle of violence.”

Panelists will be:

  • Dick Morgan – former superintendent of Washington State prisons, oversaw three executions.
  • Jason Baldwin – wrongfully convicted, served 18 yrs, known as one of the West Memphis Three.
  • Gloria Ochoa – leading Spokane attorney, advocate for minorities.
  • Bishop Blase Cupich – bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane.
  • Victoria Ann Thorpe – has sister on death row in California, with evidence of her wrongful conviction. 

The forum will be moderated by Ellen Maccarone, associate professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga.

The event is free and will be held at Cataldo Hall on Gonzaga’s campus.

 

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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