Defying Death Row: Nina Mileva in Conversation with Susan Kigula

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The number of countries that still use the death penalty has fallen to fifteen, the lowest ever recorded according to Amnesty International. Yet 1,518 people were executed last year, the highest yearly rate of death penalties globally since 2015. Numbers can feel abstract, but what is it like to face such a fate?

Ugandan lawyer and activist Susan Kigula knows this reality firsthand. At just 21, she was sentenced to death for the alleged murder of her husband. During her years in prison, she began studying law and ultimately helped overturn her own conviction as well as those of hundreds of others. She now campaigns globally for the abolition of the death penalty.

During this college tour, international law expert Nina Mileva will speak to Susan Kigula about her years on death row, her judicial fight and her ongoing efforts against the death penalty.