"Restorative justice conference explores death penalty vs. life without parole," is by Annysa Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The death penalty vs. life without parole and their effects on victims' families and their communities will be the topic of the 2013 Restorative Justice Conference at Marquette University Law School Feb. 21-22.
Speakers will include Marilyn Peterson Amour, associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas, who co-authored a 2012 study comparing the impact of sentences meted out in Texas and Minnesota. You can read more on that Marquette Law Review piece here.
The conference explores the effects of both sanctions through the personal stories of survivors, prosecutors, defense lawyers, victims' advocates, and judges. The conference is based on a groundbreaking study by Marilyn Armour of victims' families in Texas (affected by the death penalty) and Minnesota (affected by life without the possibility of parole) and the implications of these punishments for healing.
Marqutte Univesrsity Law School posts, "Restorative Justice Conference: The Death Penalty versus Life Without Parole." The conference will be held at the Milwaukee campus on February 21st & 22nd.
The death penalty. Life without the possibility of parole. These are society's harshest punishments. But how do they affect the victims' families? Is one more healing than the other? Is there ever closure? And what is the ripple effect on the community?
Marquette Law School's Restorative Justice Conference on February 21–22, 2013, will examine the impact of both sanctions through the personal stories of survivors, prosecutors, defense lawyers, victims' advocates, and judges. The conference is based on a groundbreaking study by Marilyn Armour of victims' families in Texas (affected by the death penalty) and Minnesota (affected by life without the possibility of parole) and the implications of these punishments for healing.
Cost
There is no fee for the Keynote Kickoff event on Thursday. Friday conference fee is $20 per person (includes continental breakfast and lunch on conference day). Marquette University students and employees may attend at no charge but must, like others, register.
The complete conference schedule is at the link.
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