Wednesdays – Criminal Justice
11/19 & 11/26 @1:00 PM/CH
Instructor Harriet Hendel
11/19 “48 HOURS” — GRAVE INJUSTICE. This is the true story of Anthony Graves, from Texas, who was convicted of murder when he was 26 and sentenced to death. He was innocent but spent 18 years on Death Row. In 2010, he was exonerated and became an advocate for criminal justice reform. He wrote Infinite Hope and was recently on Harriet’s podcast as a guest.
11/26 “DEATH ROW STORIES” (my DVD) “EDWARD LEE ELMORE”
This is the case of Edward Lee Elmore from South Carolina who was an intellectually disabled man sentenced to death, spending 29 years on Death Row. He was innocent. This series, directed by award winning documentarian Alex Gibney in 2014, was on CNN. Gibney got an Academy Award for best documentary in 2008 for “Taxi To The Dark Side”.
