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Curtis McCarty Speaks in Knoxville

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

On Thursday, April 24, I picked up Curtis McCarty from the Knoxville airport. We locked eyes as he passed through the security checkpoint and he flashed me a peace sign. As we shook hands, I tensed up--Curtis McCarty spent nearly 19 years on Oklahoma's death row for a crime he didn't commit. Would we talk about anything other than death row? Would we talk about death row at all? Would we have anything in common? As we walked to the car, Curtis and I spoke of our mutual fondness for the Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against the Machine and our disdain for text messaging and pop music.I told Curtis that we'd have some time to relax before our speaking engagement at the University of Tennessee Knoxville Law School. He grinned. "If there's anything I know how to do, it's killing time...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).