At events throughout Kentucky Nov. 2-5, listen to Journey of Hope's voices of experience, such as

• the grandson of a murder victim
• an innocent man who spent time on death row before being exonerated
• the mother of Virginia's youngest death row inmate

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky and Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty are proud to bring Journey of Hope to Kentucky for seven programs across the commonwealth that are free and open to the public next week.

Please join us.

Journey of Hope is an organization led by murder victim family members joined by death row family members, family members of the executed, the exonerated, and others with stories to tell. It conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.

Kentucky’s Journey of Hope will feature the group’s founder Bill Pelke, who, up until his grandmother’s murder, supported the death penalty. The retired steelworker experienced a spiritual transformation in 1986 and worked to save his grandmother’s assailant from execution.

Joining Pelke will be Shujaa Graham, who was exonerated from death row after being framed for the 1973 murder of a prison guard in Stockton, Calif., and Terri Steinberg, the mother of Justin Wolfe, Virginia’s youngest death row inmate.

The Journey of Hope tour is a precursor to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s Annual Conference, which will be held in Louisville in January.

For more information contact the ACLU’s Kate Miller at 502-581-9746 or kate@aclu-ky.org.