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May 4, 2009

Thomas Cahill recounts the story of Dominique Green, the subject of his new book, A Saint on Death Row. Multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ziggy Marley shares why he made an album aimed at children and families and talks about fulfilling his father's dream.


Thomas Cahill

Thomas Cahill

Thomas Cahill

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Best-selling author describes how Dominique Green encouraged fellow death row inmates to seek forgiveness and forgive. (1:58)
 
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Full interview. (11:13)
 
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Thomas Cahill is the author of five volumes in the international best-selling "Hinges of History" series. He's a lifelong scholar, who's taught at Queens College, Fordham and Seton Hall Universities. He was previously The Times of London's North American education correspondent, a Los Angeles Times Book Review contributor and Doubleday's religious publishing director. In his most recent book, A Saint on Death Row, Cahill tells the story of Dominique Green, who was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, TX.


 

Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley

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Singer-songwriter explains why he owns and manages his own art. (1:53)
 
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Full interview. (12:38)
 
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Ziggy Marley has spent more than 20 years building on the music of his father, reggae legend Bob Marley. Since joining his siblings to form The Melody Makers, he's won four Grammys, including one for his sophomore solo effort, "Love Is My Religion." He's also produced artists on the family's Jamaican record label, Ghetto Youths United. Marley supports a wide range of charitable children's causes in the U.S., Jamaica, Ethiopia and other developing nations and recently released his first children's CD, "Family Time."