The Mabel Palmer Lecture Series

Addressing the Death Penalty in Louisiana

October 19-20

Watch the recorded sessions below:

Saturday Evening

Sunday Morning

 
 
 

Join us for the Mabel Palmer Lecture Series on Saturday evening, Oct. 19 at 6:00 PM.

Michael Stone, the former executive director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, will share about the successful abolishment of the death penalty in Virginia and strategies for this work in Louisiana.

A panel discussion will follow Michael’s lecture, and our special guest and local faith leader, Alison McCrary, will deliver a guest sermon on Sunday morning (Oct. 20) at 11 AM.

Also hear from Lavergne Thompson, the widow of John Thompson, a death row exoneree. You can learn more about John from clicking the link below or also here.

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Click the button below to read more about recent efforts by the Louisiana State Legislature to expand and resume use of the death penalty for the state’s death row inmates. (Photo: Judi Bottoni/AP Press)

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