Wednesday, April 12th 2017, at 6pm, at VCU's Siegel Center (1200 West Broad Street, Richmond VA), author and attorney Bryan Stevenson will speak on his memoir, "Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption," about the Equal Justice Initiative. Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicating to defending the poor, wrongly condemned, women, and children.
The event is free and open to the public, with no registration required.
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Protest the Death Penalty: 16 Execution Vigils Around the State for Ricky J. Gray
Wednesday, January 18th 2017, at 9pm, Ricky Javon Gray will be executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will be holding 16 vigils to protest capital punishment: for locations and details, see the link.
Gray and his nephew, Ray Joseph Dandridge, are undisputed guilty of murdering seven people, including two children. Their victims are Kathryn, Bryan, Stella, and Ruby Harvey, Ashley Baskerville, Mary Baskerville-Tucker, and Percyell Tucker. He also likely killed his wife, Treva Gray, and a stranger, Sheryl Warner.
The question, however, is not whether Gray is guilty or even whether he deserves to die for his crimes: it's whether the state of Virginia has the moral authority to impose that punishment. I contend that it does not.
The Richmond vigil will take place at 8:30pm, at the Richmond Friends Meeting (4500 Kensington Avenue, Richmond VA). For more information, contact Margaret Rittenhouse at margaret.rittenhouse@gmail.com or (804) 690-4942.
Gray and his nephew, Ray Joseph Dandridge, are undisputed guilty of murdering seven people, including two children. Their victims are Kathryn, Bryan, Stella, and Ruby Harvey, Ashley Baskerville, Mary Baskerville-Tucker, and Percyell Tucker. He also likely killed his wife, Treva Gray, and a stranger, Sheryl Warner.
The question, however, is not whether Gray is guilty or even whether he deserves to die for his crimes: it's whether the state of Virginia has the moral authority to impose that punishment. I contend that it does not.
The Richmond vigil will take place at 8:30pm, at the Richmond Friends Meeting (4500 Kensington Avenue, Richmond VA). For more information, contact Margaret Rittenhouse at margaret.rittenhouse@gmail.com or (804) 690-4942.
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