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Clive Stafford Smith

Sue Lawley's castaway is death row lawyer Clive Stafford Smith.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the death row lawyer Clive Stafford Smith.

Clive Stafford Smith spent more than 25 years representing people on death row. He's saved hundreds of lives and counts his clients among his friends. He says his work is his calling - one he was drawn to after writing an essay on capital punishment while at school. Initially he thought it was a history essay and was appalled to find the death sentence was still in use. He planned to become a campaigning journalist, but a summer spent meeting prisoners on death row inmates convinced him that he would be able to achieve more by representing them directly. So he trained in law and set up his own legal practice to enable him to do so. He has received several awards for his work including, in 2002, the OBE.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis
Book: The Koran (in Arabic and English)
Luxury: My computer

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Fri 26 Nov 2004 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Thomas Tallis

      Spem in Alium

      Choir: The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

      • Tallis: Spem in Alium, etc.
      • Argo.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    As I Lay Me Down

    Artist: As I Lay Me Down

    • Columbia.

  • Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Sukhwinder Singh & Srinivas

    Mitwa

    • Soundtrack - Lagaan.

  • Macy Gray

    Still

    • May Gray On How Life Is.
    • Epic.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Biko

    • Conspiracy of Hope.
    • Mercury.

  • The Proclaimers

    Sunshine on Leith

    • Sunshine on Leith.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • You Sexy Thing.
    • EMI Records Ltd..

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Dancing Queen.
    • Polydor.

  • Book Choice

    • The Koran (in Arabic and English)

  • Luxury Choice

    • My computer

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Clive Stafford Smith

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Nov 2004 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 26 Nov 2004 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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