TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland Law Alumni Association, Australians Against Capital Punishment and the Julian Wagner Memorial Fund invite you to a cocktail function with Richard Bourke, Director of the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center.
It is proposed that the event will be recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio’s Big Ideas program.
Bookings
Please email Ms Elisa Petranich on AACPbooking@gmail.com or call Tina on: 0423709445
Ticket price: $70 per person ($60 concession)
RSVP: by 23 July 2018.
The profits from the function will be shared equally by Australians Against Capital Punishment and the Julian Wagner Memorial Fund Inc. The Julian Wagner Memorial Fund uses the majority of its funds to grant bursaries to Australians who work overseas as volunteer interns on death penalty cases. AACP supports a number of anti-death penalty campaigns mainly in Indonesia and South East Asia.
About Richard Bourke
Richard was a leading talent of the Victorian Bar before joining the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center in 2002. He has worked on numerous trials and appeals opposing the death penalty in the United States. As director of the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, Richard is a leading advocate for change to a system that inflicts its worst injustices on people who are poor and predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds.
For more details on Richard’s background, visit the Sydney Morning Herald article, At death's door.
For more details about the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, visit the Louisiana Capital Assistance Centre website.
Killing people is always wrong, Richard Bourke talks at TEDxSydney (YouTube: 13m:39s)
Venue
Level 3, 415 George Street, Brisbane