Compton, CA -- Sunday night in Compton was the realization of many mothers’ nightmares.
Danielle Farber, a single mother of a rising high school football star received news about her only son’s death on that dreadful evening.

Young football star Dannie Farber Jr., 18, was gunned down at a local Louisiana Fried Chicken on Rosecrans and Central Avenues at 9:39 p.m.

“He was coming from home. I just talked to him on the phone and he was picking up his girlfriend,” Danielle recalled.

 Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles County Coalition for Death Penalty Alternatives presents “Costs & Consequences: Can We Afford the Death Penalty?” on Sunday, May 31 from 3-5 p.m. at Fame Renaissance Center of First AME Church (FAME).

The forum is co-hosted by Professor Charles Ogletree, director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School and Congresswoman Maxine Waters, representative for California’s 35th congressional district.