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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 As a crusader against the death penalty, Associate Professor of Justice and Law Administration Dr. George Kain has had the opportunity to speak with innocent men who have spent time on death row. He\u2019s talked with families whose loved ones were murdered. And he\u2019s talked to everyone from police officers to judges, arming them with the facts about the ramifications of the death penalty. <\/p>\n

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During this spring\u2019s semester, Kain is also talking about the controversies surrounding the death penalty at Western in a new honors course, \u201cCapital Punishment.\u201d The course will include lectures from several well-known anti-death penalty advocates, including Sister Helen Prejean, author of \u201cDead Man Walking.\u201d The following lectures are free and the public is invited.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\tFebruary 24<\/strong> at 7 p.m.\u2014 Exonerated death-row inmate and activist Shujaa Graham, in the Westside Campus Center Ballroom on the university\u2019s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\tMarch 17<\/strong> at 7 p.m. \u2014 Author\/activist Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, author of \u201cPicking Cotton\u201d and a retired prison warden and activist Ron McAndrew in the Westside Campus Center Ballroom.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\tApril 14<\/strong> at 7 p.m. \u2014 Sister Helen Prejean, Ives Concert Hall, Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury.<\/p>\n

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\u2022\tApril 28<\/strong> at 7 p.m. \u2014 Author, death row chaplain and activist Dale Recinella and author and prison chaplain Rev. Lawrence Carew.<\/p>\n

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In November 2009, Kain was involved in bringing former death-row inmate Juan Melendez to speak about his 17 years on Florida\u2019s death row for a crime he didn\u2019t commit. More recently, Kain was involved in educating Illinois lawmakers on the death penalty; the House and Senate in that state voted to abolish the death penalty after a 10-year moratorium.<\/p>\n

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With more and more stories like Melendez\u2019s surfacing in recent years, the death penalty, Kain said, continues to be a hot topic of debate. In Connecticut, the case of serial rapist and murderer Michael Ross brought the issue to the local forefront. Ross was put to death in 2004 after numerous appeals and public outcries.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the lectures, the course includes the legal history, constitutional requirements and common justifications for use of capital punishment.<\/p>\n

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