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Journey of Hope in Magdeburg, Germany

By "Persian Cowboy"

By Daniela Turß (author of the article) and Insa Nieberg (translation) - both Amnesty International MagdeburgOn Thursday the 14th of May 2009 the ?Journey of Hope?stopped in Magdeburg. Three speakers from the United States shared their personal experiences with the death penalty with the audience at the Otto-von-Guericke University.Bill Pelke is a relative of a victim, Terri Steinberg the mother of a man sentenced to death whereas Ray Krone was released from death row after he was proven innocent.The event was organized by the local group of the NGO amnesty international under the patronage of the Initiative against the Death Penalty. This lecture was the only one in the federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt and the group experienced a rush on the seats available in the lecture room...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).