Preview of Member Only Content
For full access: 
or Become a Member 
NACDL News
By Jack King
Read more
NACDL News columns.
Farrell Receives Champion of Justice Humanitarian Award
Mike Farrell, president of Death Penalty Focus, was presented with
NACDL’s 2007 Champion of Justice Civic/Humanitarian Award Feb. 22 at the
Midwinter Meeting in San Diego. President Martin S. Pinales presented
the award.
A writer, producer, director, and actor who became well known for his
eight years as B.J. Honeycutt on “M*A*S*H,” Farrell is now also a
well-known human rights advocate. He is co-chair emeritus of Human
Rights Watch in Southern California and a co-founder of Artists United
to Win Without War. As president of Death Penalty Focus
(www.deathpenalty.org), Farrell speaks, writes, and works to abolish capital punishment.
“I believe in the dignity of people, all people,” Farrell told
conference attendees at a special award reception. “And I think it is a
crime to presume that any human being is only the worst thing that he or
she has ever done. The idea that we arrogate to ourselves the right to
Want to read more?
The Champion archive is reserved for NACDL members.
NACDL members, please login to read the rest of this article.
Not a member? Join now.
Or click here to see an overview of NACDL Member benefits.
See what NACDL members say about us.
To read the current issue of The Champion in its entirety, click here.
- Media inquiries: Contact NACDL's Director of Public Affairs & Communications Ivan J. Dominguez at 202-465-7662 or idominguez@nacdl.org
- Academic Requests: Full articles of The Champion Magazine are available for academic and research purposes in the WestLaw and LexisNexis databases.