Supporters of a bill to abolish the death penalty in Montana are sponsoring two events here this week, including a showing of the movie "The Green Mile" hosted by actors James Cromwell and Mike Farrell.

"The Green Mile," a 1999 film about a wrongly-convicted death row inmate in a Southern prison, will be shown 7 p.m. Tuesday at Carroll College. The movie stars Tom Hanks and Cromwell, who plays the prison's warden.

Farrell, best known for his role as Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series "M*A*S*H," is a longtime activist against the death penalty.

The Montana Abolition Coalition also is holding an "action day" at the Capitol Wednesday, where it will encourage people to come to the Legislature to talk to their representatives about the death penalty.

The coalition is lobbying for Senate Bill 236, which would abolish the death penalty in Montana and replace it with life-in-prison without parole. The measure has passed the state Senate and is now before the House. It has yet to have an initial hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.