Dr. Margaret Vandiver is a retired professor of  criminal justice at the University of Memphis and a strong supporter of  Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. She has studied state  and collective violence, ranging from the use of the death penalty in  America to contemporary instances of genocide. She is the author of Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South and also volunteers with the Lynching Sites Project here  in Memphis. John Ashworth is the executive director for the Memphis  Lynching Sites Project, and also joined us for this episode. John spent  several decades in the military and the airline industry before taking  the lead in this important work. We discussed some of the critical  issues facing our criminal justice system today and why it’s important  to have a space to discuss the past.

Episode 31: Dr. Margaret Vandiver & John Ashworth

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