On Wednesday, March 1, please join WCL’s National Lawyers Guild Chapter as they host Sister Helen Prejean, anti-death penalty activist and author of the book “Dead Man Walking.” Sister Prejean’s book was turned into a film by the same name starring Susan Sarandon.

She will also be joined by Death Row Exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent nine years in jail for a crime he did not commit and was the first American to be exonerated from Death Row by post-conviction DNA evidence.

March 1 – 12:00 p.m.
American University
Washington College of Law – Room 603
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

11:45-Noon: Lunch Served
Noon: Death Row Exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth
12:30-1:30: Sister Helen Prejean
1:30-2:00: Reception and Book signing

This will be an amazing opportunity to hear from an unyielding activist
against the Death Penalty. The event is free & open to the public.
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