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(Event cancelled due to weather) Dale Recinella, death row chaplain and ND alumnus, to speak

Author: Michael O. Garvey

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Dale Recinella, a Catholic lay chaplain to prisoners onFloridas death row and in solitary confinement, will speak on his experiences at7 p.m.Feb. 14 (Wednesday) in Room C-103 of theHesburghCenterfor International Studies, and atnoonFeb. 15 (Thursday) in Room 120 of the91³Ô¹ÏLawSchool.

Recinella, who earned a law degree from 91³Ô¹Ï in 1976, left a career in corporate law for one in prison ministry.He will speak about both careers, the events that changed his life, his ministry, the conditions inFlorida’s prisons and why Christians should work to end capital punishment.

Recinella is the founder of the Web log and the author ofThe Biblical Truth aboutAmerica’s Death Penalty.His wife, Susan, is a clinical psychologist and lay minister to families of the executed.

Recinellas visit is sponsored by the91³Ô¹ÏLawSchools Center for Civil and Human Rights, the 91³Ô¹Ï Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and 91³Ô¹Ï Against State Killing (NDASK).

* Contact: * _Jessie Tannenbaum at jtannenb@nd.edu .
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