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The Meaning of Life Book Talk: Seattle

The Meaning of Life Book Talk: Seattle

Date: December 11, 2018
Location:

Town Hall Seattle — Seattle, WA

Ashley Nellis will give a book talk at Town Hall Seattle on The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, authored by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis and published by The New Press.

Also featured will be Steven Herbert author of Too Easy to Keep: Life-Sentenced Prisoners and the Future of Mass Incarceration with University of California Press.

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