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Webinar: “The Window on Death Row

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Starts: April 7, 2026 12:00 pm
Ends: April 7, 2026 1:00 pm
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We hope you will join us on Tuesday, April 7, at noon Pacific, 3 p.m. Eastern, for a Death Penalty Focus webinar, “The Window on Death Row,” a documentary about the 1997 wrongful conviction of Joaquín José Martínez, who spent four years on Florida’s death row before being exonerated in 2001 after a retrial. Martinez and the film’s director/producer, Linda Freund, will join DPF Board President Mike Farrell, the executive producer of the film, to discuss the four years Martinez lived with a death sentence, and the profound effect his imprisonment has had on his life.

DPF President Mike Ferrell
DPF Board President Mike Farrell

President of the Board of Death Penalty Focus, Mike Farrell is also a spokesperson for Concern America, an international refugee aid and development organization; Co-Chair Emeritus of the California Committee of Human Rights Watch; and, occasionally, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Joaquín José Martínez

Joaquín José Martínez is the first Spaniard and European to be exonerated from U.S. death row. He spent nearly four years on Florida’s death row for a double murder he did not commit. Convicted in 1997, he was sentenced to death despite serious flaws in the prosecution’s case, including unreliable testimony and withheld evidence. After an international campaign calling attention to his wrongful conviction, the Florida Supreme Court overturned the verdict. In 2001, Martínez was acquitted at a retrial and fully exonerated. He currently lives in Valencia, Spain, where he dedicates his life to his family and the fight against the death penalty.  

Linda Freund

Linda Freund is the director, producer, and editor of “The Window on Death Row” (2025, Spain). Most recently, she was a senior video journalist at The Wall Street Journal and a journalism fellow at both the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture and Brandeis University’s Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. Previously, she reported from conflict zones across South Asia and East Africa.

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