Antoinette Bosco and Ben Jones: Discussion, Abolishing the Death Penalty

Fall 2009: Justice, Injustice and Human Rights! Professor Nan Taylor's Psychology class Metanoia as Repentance: Forgiveness and Punishment and the University's Metanoia: Preventing Violence Against Women. Antoinette Bosco (journalist and syndicated columnist) and Ben Jones (Yale graduate student and executive director of the Connecticut Network for the Abolishment of the Death Penalty) discuss their advocacy to abolish the death penalty, and the challenges of forgiveness and mercy. Interviewed by Davyne Verstandig, Director of LCWP and Nan Taylor, Professor of Psychology. This presentation is part of the Litchfield County Writers Project, which was based at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut.