Panel Discussion: Reflections on the Death Penalty

31 March 2007

A discussion of the legal, spiritual and personal effects of capital punishment from three very different perspectives. Tuesday 17 April, 5:15 pm.

A discussion of the legal, spiritual and personal effects of capital punishment.

The Panellists

Andrea Durbach defended South Africa's Uppington 25 in a notorious trial where 14 people were sentenced to death for the murder of a policeman in the last days of apartheid. One of her colleagues was assassinated. She is the Director of the Australian Human Rights Centre at the University of New South Wales.
Peter Norden, SJ AO, was the parish priest of Melbourne man Van Nguyen, who was executed in Singapore last year. He is a former prison chaplain and convenor of the Victorian Criminal Justice Coalition.
Brian Morley witnessed Australia's last execution as a journalist. Watching it immediately ended his ambivalence towards the death penalty and changed his life profoundly.

Tuesday 17 April, 5:15 pm.

DLA Phillips Fox, Level 21, 140 William St (corner Bourke and William), Melbourne.

No entry fee. Drinks and refreshments to be served afterwards.