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Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2000
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2000, page 26
By Dan Pens
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Prison Tourism/Consumerism,
Attorneys General,
Death Row,
Censorship.
Location:
United States of America.
In January, 2000, Italian fashion conglomerate Benetton Group kicked off a worldwide "issue advocacy" ad campaign titled "Looking Death in the Face." The ads, featuring images of death row prisoners, sparked outrage among U.S. death penalty advocates. Which is, of course, exactly what Benetton expected. The company ...
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