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UCO Free Screening of The Last Defense

October 26, 2018 @ 11:00 pm - October 27, 2018 @ 2:00 am

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The public is invited on Friday, October 26, to a free screening of the ABC documentary “The Last Defense” in the Communications Building, Bill Burke Film Screening Room 120, on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond. The event will take place from 6 – 9 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Three episodes of “The Last Defense”, which aired last summer, will examine the case of Julius Jones, now on Oklahoma’s death row (approx. 2 hours). A panel discussion and Q&A will follow.

Panelists include: Joi Miskel, former Oklahoma County Public Defender, now a criminal defense attorney at her own law firm; Jimmy Lawson, Rose State College adjunct professor and longtime friend of Julius Jones; Cece Jones-Davis, Sing for Change founder; and Rev. Don Heath, Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty chair.

The Oct. 26 event is co-sponsored by the UCO Master of Public Administration Program, Pi Alpha Alpha Global Honor Society for Public Affairs & Administration, the UCO Debate Club, Criminal Justice Club of UCO, Sing for Change, and the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Free parking in all lots (4- 7 closest). Visit www.uco.edu/campus-maps/.

To learn more about “The Last Defense”, click here. For more information about Julius Jones, visit www.justiceforjulius.com.

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October 26, 2018 @ 11:00 pm
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October 27, 2018 @ 2:00 am
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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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