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Texas has been ground zero for capital punishment for over 40 years

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: December 1, 2019 Dec. 1, Rick Halperin, director of the SMU Human Rights Program, co-authored by Roger C. Barnes for a piece about Texas being “ground zero” in the U.S. for carrying out capital punishment. Thus far in 2019, there have been 20 executions carried out in the United States. Eight […]

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Korean students cycling across U.S. to raise awareness about plight of “comfort women” met with SMU’s Embrey Human Rights Program

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: July 25, 2016 The issue of “comfort women” still simmers. To draw attention to it, three Korean cyclists are journeying across the United States, and they just stopped in Dallas. During World War II, the Japanese military forced about 200,000 women and girls from throughout Asia and other regions into […]