These talks are free and open to the public, but seating capacity will be limited. Because the schedule is still being organized, interested persons are urged to check this Web site for updated information on speakers.

March 30, 6-8 p.m. -- Opening of Richard L. Nelson Gallery exhibition "Premeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment," by UC Davis professor of Chicana/o studies and art studio Malaquias Montoya and the video "The Last Supper" by Swedish artists Bigert and Bergstrom. 124 Art Department (directions: http://nelson.ucdavis.edu/contact/directions/index.htm).

April 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Malaquias Montoya, UC Davis professor of Chicana/o studies and art studio, "Social Justice and the Artist." 3201 Hart Hall, UC Davis.

April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Mike Farrell, actor and president of Death Penalty Focus, "Ending the Death Penalty." 204 Art, UC Davis.

April 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Ellen Eggers, Deputy State Public Defender, and Bill Babbitt, “Manny Babbitt’s Road to Death Row”"Discussion of the Babbitt Case." 3201 Hart Hall, UC Davis.

April 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Rick Mockler, “Restorative Justice." 204 Art, UC Davis.

May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Deputy District Attorney Pat Lenzi, Crime Victims United. 204 Art, UC Davis.

May 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Lisa Rea, Restorative Justice, "A New Paradigm: Prevention and Solutions Without the Death Penalty." 3201 Hart Hall, UC Davis.

May 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Nick and Amanda Wilcox, “A Murder Victim's Family's Perspective: Revenge or Reconciliation?” 3201 Hart Hall, UC Davis.

May 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee reporter, "Eyewitness to Executions." 204 Art, UC Davis.

May 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Luis Talamantez, one of the San Quentin 6 whose trial gained international attention during the 1970s, human rights activist and artist, "The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Issue of Capital Punishment," 3201 Hart Hall, UC Davis.

May 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. -- Greg Wilhoit, “Innocent on Death Row: One Man’s Story” 204 Art, UC Davis.