Publication Date
Fall 10-27-1999
Copyright date
October 27th, 1999
Identifier
HV8699 .U5 S256 1999
Series
Human rights have no borders
Description
Ms. Victoria Hurtado, member of the President's Peace Commission, presents Dr. Roger Barnes, professor of sociology at the University of the Incarnate Word, and Dr. Jeffrey J. Pokorak, clinical professor and acting director of clinical programs at St. Mary's University School of Law. Dr. Pokorak discusses his work representing death row inmates in Texas. Dr. Barnes discusses some of the legal and religious implications of the death penalty; he asserts that gun accessibility is a greater predictor of murder than is the death penalty.
Keywords
Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola, La.). Museum.; Capital punishment -- Social aspects -- United States.; Capital punishment -- United States -- Religious aspects.; United States -- Law and legislation -- Social aspects.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Costs.; Capital punishment -- Religous aspects; Capital punishment -- Social aspects; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Costs; United States
Contributor
Hurtado, Victoria; Barnes, Roger; Pokorak, Jeffery J.
Document Type
Presentation
Size or Duration
1 hour and 11 minutes
Format
mp4
Medium
video
Digital Publisher
Digital Commons at St. Mary's University
Collection
President's Peace Commission Videos
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
