Death penalty opponent to speak at university
Bill Lucero, an opponent of the death penalty, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Lucero, founder of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, will talk about the planned execution in Virginia of Justin Wolfe. Lucero said another person has claimed to have committed the crime.
“No matter if one favors or opposes capital punishment, all of us agree that no innocent person should face the death penalty by the state. Since 1973, 123 innocent individuals have been exonerated from death row,” he said.
The event is free and open to the public.
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