South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will be hosting an event at the Lexington County Public Library on August Road from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 23.

The event is part of SCDAP's Palmetto Journey of Hope series. The mission of the series "is to empower the voices of system-impacted people toward the abolition of the death penalty and to educate the audience on the current state of the death penalty in SC and to engage them in conversation with people directly impacted by death row and the death penalty," according to the press release. 

SCADP's main goal is to abolish the death penalty in South Carolina through the mobilzation and education of local communities, rehumanizing death row inmates, advocating with legistlators and other community leaders and helping former death row prisoners adapt to life outside of prision. 

The event will feature two speakers whose lives have been impacted by the death penalty: Sherrerd Hartness whose family member was murdered and Moses Peterson who survived the death row.