Abolition of Death Penalty Film, Discussion Held Thursday

Concord will be host to members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty from over a dozen countries for a special documentary and panel discussion on Thursday April 10th from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. at Red River Theatres.

The screening of “Progress Towards World Abolition of the Death Penalty,” will be followed by a panel moderated by Steven Hawkins, executive director for Amnesty International USA, and penalty opponents from all over the world - including Iran, Congo, Taiwan and more.

Steven Hawkins joined the International Amnesty USA in 2013 and has worked as an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund where he represented African American men facing the death penalty throughout the United States' Deep South. He investigated and brought litigation that led to the release of three black teens wrongfully convicted in Tennessee.

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is an alliance of more than 150 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions with the mission to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty.

The event is promoted by the New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and Amnesty International USA who are devoted to abolish the death penalty in the State of New Hampshire.  

Social and light refreshments will be served at 6:30 P.M. Free registrations are open by clicking on the following link: goo.gl/2BrU0t or visit nodeathpenaltynh.org.