Lincoln College is hosting a temporary art exhibition showcasing moving work from people on death row. Charlie Bowden reports his experience at the opening event.
As someone born and raised in New Hampshire, a small state in the US, it was surprising that the first time I heard of Renny Cushing, a US politician, was when I began my work on researching the death penalty in Taiwan. Renny was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Democrat from the town of Hampton. First elected in 1996, he served nine non-consecutive terms.
The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) has had a long relationship with Renny and his humanitarian efforts. His own organization, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights (MVFHR), was
Maria Wilkinson of Concord is a research intern in Taiwan at Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP). As someone born and raised in New Hampshire, it was surprising that the first time I heard of Renny Cushing was when I began my work on.