Mars Hill University hosts series on death penalty

From a Mars Hill University press release:

Mars Hill University hosts series on death penalty

Mars Hill University will host a series of programs on March 3, 4 and 5 examining the efficacy, fairness and morality of the death penalty in the U.S. All events are free and open to the public.

On March 3, the university will host a student debate on the topic in Belk Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Teams of students will tackle the various issues related to the death penalty debate, in response to questions submitted in advance by members of the campus community.

On March 4, the university will show the documentary, The Trials of Darryl Hunt. The documentary examines the story of a brutal rape/murder case and the man who was wrongfully convicted of the crime. Darryl Hunt spent twenty years in prison before being exonerated.  The film will be shown in Belk Auditorium beginning at 7 pm.

On the following evening, March 5, Darryl Hunt, the man featured in the documentary, will be part of a panel discussion about the death penalty in Broyhill Chapel at 7 pm.  Both students and members of the public will be encouraged to ask questions of the panel during the event.

In addition to Hunt, panel members will include: Tarrah Callahan, Director of North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCADP), and Mark Rabil, the attorney who represented Darryl Hunt. Rabil is also Director of the Innocence and Justice Clinic and Associate Professor of Law at Wake Forest University.

This series of events is sponsored by the Mars Hill University Political Science Department.

Mars Hill University is a premier private, liberal arts institution offering over 30 baccalaureate degrees and one graduate degree in elementary education. Founded in 1856 by Baptist families of the region, the campus is located just 20 minutes north of Asheville in the mountains of Western North Carolina.www.mhu.edu.