Shujaa Graham, exonerated death row inmate, at Hockessin UMC

May 11 · 7:00pm - May 12 · 6:45pm

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The Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church, Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty and Witness to Innocence are bringing Shujaa Graham an exonerated death row prisoner to Hockessin United Methodists Church on Friday May 11, 2012 at 7 p.m.

The Peninsula-Delaware Conference of the United Methodist Church, Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty and Witness to Innocence are bringing Shujaa Graham an exonerated death row prisoner to Hockessin United Methodists Church on Friday May 11, 2012 at 7 p.m.

Shujaa was sentenced to death and went to San Quentin’s death row in 1976; it wasn’t until 1981 when he left prison as free and innocent man. Today Shujaa travels speaking about the death penalty, the criminal justice system, racism, incarceration and innocence.
Come out at 7 p.m. on May 11th to hear more about Shujaa’s remarkable story, as well as, the benefits death penalty repeal could bring to Delaware.