What is the status of the death penalty in North Carolina, and in the U.S. more broadly, and how is it changing? Join us for a discussion covering a broad range of topics, including lethal injections and the role of the pharmaceutical industry; its historical and contemporary racial symbolism in North Carolina, as well its persistent application to the most vulnerable in North Carolina, such as the mentally ill. Panelists include:

• Professors Seth Kotch & Isaac Unah (American Studies and Political Science, UNC)
• Professors Corinna Lain and James Gibson (University of Richmond School of Law)
• Gretchen Engel (Executive Director, Center for Death Penalty Litigation)
• Professor Jessica Namakkal as moderator (International & Comparative Studies, Duke)

Reception to follow. Please RSVP to wendi.jiang@duke.edu by Friday, April 17.

This event is part of the Conversations in Human Rights discussion series, bringing together panelists from other institutions and Duke faculty to engage with their research on international human rights issues.

Co-sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics the Center for International & Comparative Law at Duke Law School, and the DHRC@FHI.