Online Screening “Through the Cracks” Aug. 6th
- Lauren Sobchak
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 28, 2020
Save the Date!
Please join us next week, August 6th, from 6:30 PM-9:00 PM for an online screening of Ben Scholle’s “Through the Cracks” hosted by the St. Louis Chapter of MADP. After the screening there will be a Q/A with panelists:
Marion Boyd, MSW (she/they) – Project Chair, 2019 Missouri Alliance for Severe Mental Illness (MASMIE)
Christina Cowart– Project Chair, 2018 Missouri Alliance for Severe Mental Illness (MASMIE)
Elyse Max – State Director, Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Ben Scholle – Filmmaker, Through the Cracks (2019), & Professor, Lindenwood University
From the director, “In July, 2002, Johnny Johnson was arrested and charged with the abduction and murder of 6-year-old Cassandra Williamson in Valley Park, Missouri. The effects of the crime continue to reverberate in the community. During the capital murder trial, a proceeding clouded by questions of mental illness and competency, a juror described the killing as “the worst possible crime.” This film seeks to answer the question: Does the worst possible crime deserve the worst possible punishment?”
To view the trailer click HERE.
Agenda and links for the screening and Q/A:
(please note the updated time frame for the event)
-Online Screening of Through the Cracks – 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
-Q/A – 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The screening of the movie will take place via Facebook Premiere. To watch the movie please visit www.facebook.com/madpmo shortly before 6:30 PM on Aug 6th where you will see the film playing.
Join us for a Q/A on Zoom following the film by emailing lauren@madpmo.org
We look forward to joining together next week for this important screening and discussion. Thank you for your continued support to MADP as we work to end the death penalty in Missouri.
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I cried watching this documentary — not just for Casey Williamson, the victim, but also for Johnny Johnson, the man who committed the crime.
How can the US court system, in this day and age, execute someone with schizophrenia — an incurable, debilitating illness?
Yes, what he did was barbaric. But being barbaric in return doesn’t bring Casey back, and it doesn’t help anyone. You can’t hold someone “accountable” for a crime that came from illness.
If a child committed the same act, would they face the death penalty? Why should someone with the mind of a very sick child be treated differently?
People say, “Well, he could walk, talk, wash the blood off, bury her, deny he did it.”…