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...death penalty. The film also claims that race plays a prominent role in convictions. In Texas, the killer of a white victim is 30 times more likely to be executed than the killer of a black victim, the documentary cited. In a panel discussion following the film, panelists stressed the importance of fairness in selecting a jury and having competent court-appointed lawyers for defendants. Rachel Lyon, the film’s director, said she believed Tarver was “deeply involved in the death,” but wanted to show that the legal system was looking...
...most basic thing is to honor the premises under which you were founded,” panelist Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel, the Mohegan tribal historian, told the audience...
...third panelist, Carol Jean Palavra, an elder of the Nipmuc Nation, said that the study of Native American history was key to creating and maintaining unity among members of the indigenous community...
...theme of reconnecting with one’s roots carried through the remarks of the fourth panelist, Tobias Vanderhoops...
...Kong: fine for scorpion bowls and chicken dumplings, but an unlikely place to go for intellectual stimulation. Until now. Last Monday, Charlie P. Pierce, a staff reporter for The Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine, author, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio’s “It’s Only a Game” discussed his newest book, “Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything,” at Hong Kong restaurant in collaboration with Harvard Book Store and The Boston Phoenix. “We wanted to hold...