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Group to Walk from Death House to Capitol Communities Invited for Dialog with Unusual Advocates

Starting at 8:30am on Sunday October 4, death penalty abolitionists from Ohio and beyond will begin a 7 day, 83 mile walk from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, the prison where Ohio conducts executions, to the Statehouse in Columbus, calling for an end to capital punishment. More than a dozen participants are registered to walk the entire route, and hundreds of supporters from across Ohio are expected for the final leg to the Statehouse on Saturday, October 10, which is observed internationally as World Day Against the Death Penalty.

At evening programs in Portsmouth (10/3), Chillicothe (10/5), Circleville (10/7), and Columbus (10/9), [locations and speakers listed below] residents of local communities are invited to conversations about the death penalty with walkers and special guests with unique “voices of experience.” Special guests, some of whom will walk the entire route, are available for telephone interviews in advance and during the Walk. They include:

To schedule interviews and for additional details contact Abe Bonowitz at abe@otse.org or 561-371-5204. Additional information, including the Walk to Stop Executions itinerary and local event details, is available at Walk to Stop Executions.

Community Dialogues on Executions – DETAILS:

PORTSMOUTH
Saturday Oct. 3, 7 pm at IBEW, 110 Offnere St.
Featuring Ohio death row survivor Derrick Jamison, murder victim family member Sam Reese Sheppard and others

CHILLICOTHE
Monday Oct. 5, 7 pm
Community Dialogue featuring retired director of the ODRC, Terry Collins
Community of Christ, 539 West 5th St

CIRCLEVILLE
Wednesday, Oct 7, 7pm
Community Dialogue featuring Sam Reese Sheppard, author of Mockery of Justice about the wrongful conviction of his father
Hosted by St. Joseph’s Church and Circleville Quakers
At St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 134 W Mound St.

COLUMBUS
Friday Oct. 9, 7 pm
Community Dialogue featuring Rev. Jeff Hood and Prof. Howard Tolley
1021 E. Broad St., Columbus

COLUMBUS RALLY
The final 2.5-mile leg in Columbus on Saturday, October 10, the World Day Against the Death Penalty, will conclude with a stop on the sidewalk in front of the Statehouse followed by 12 pm rally at Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E. Broad St. across from the Capitol

More information about the Walk schedule, route, programs, endorsements or registration at www.walktostopexecutions.org or call Abe Bonowitz at 561-371-5204.

This event is jointly organized by Scioto Peace & Justice Fellowship of Reconciliation, Intercommunity Justice & Peace Center, Footprints for Peace, Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio, and Ohioans to Stop Executions.

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