Henderson Hill in Pittsburgh March 26th

Amnesty International Group 39 is also a sponsor of this great event.  March 26th!

Sponsorship:
National Lawyers Guild-Pitt Law Chapter, Prisoner Legal Support Project, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Date and Time:
Thursday, March 26, 2015 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

3900 Forbes Avenue Room 109

15260 Pittsburgh , PA

United States

A TALK BY HENDERSON HILL | BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR: PENNSYLVANIA ILLUMINATES THE NATION’S ABANDONMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY

The National Lawyers Guild-Pitt Law Chapter, along with the Prisoner Legal Support Project and Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is hosting a talk by veteran litigator and anti-death penalty advocate, Henderson Hill, on Thursday, March 26th at 7 PM in Room 109. Hill is the executive director of the 8th Amendment Project and has worked for two decades in capital defense and civil rights litigation. He will discuss Pennsylvania’s recent moratorium on the death penalty, as well as the need for abolition of the death penalty nationwide.

Throughout his career, Hill has served as executive director of the Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, spent 15 years as a partner with Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter, and served as director of the North Carolina Death Penalty Resource Center. He also founded the Center for Death Penalty Litigation and the Charlotte Coalition for Moratorium Now. Hill received the Paul Green Award from the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union for his work to abolish the death penalty. He received his B.A. degree from Lehman College at the City University of New York and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.