Wrongful Convictions: Why They Happen and How to Prevent Them

On-demand

Wrongful Convictions: Why They Happen and How to Prevent Them

Recorded On 05/11/2018

COURSE DETAILS

This program is the first in a series sponsored by NYCLA’s Civil Rights and Liberties Committee and NYCLA’s Criminal Justice Section looking at Criminal Justice Reform.

Join us for a full-day program focusing on:

  • The Power of prosecutors
  • Bail Applications: Alternatives to cash bail
  • Discovery Reform
  • Investigating police misconduct patterns and practices
  • Case of Jabbar Collins
  • Wrongful convictions: Reforms to prevent wrongful convictions

FACULTY

Program Co-sponsors: NYCLA’s Civil Rights and Liberties Committee and NYCLA’s Criminal Justice Section

Program Chairs & Moderators: Elliot Dolby-Shields, Roth & Roth, LLP and Ilyssa S. Fuchs, Cohen & Fitch, LLP, co-chairs NYCLA’s Committee on Civil Rights and Liberties; Asha Smith, The Legal Aid Society and  Andrew Eibel, Esq., Co-chairs of NYCLA’s Criminal Justice Section

Faculty: Hon. Frederic Block, E.D.N.Y.; Jabbar Collins, exoneree; Cynthia Conti-Cook, The Legal Aid Society, Special Litigation Unit; Scott R. Hechinger, Senior Staff Attorney & Director of Policy, Brooklyn Defender Services; Esere Onaodowan. Onaodowan & Delince; Jane Pucher, Innocence Project; Joel Rudin, Law Offices of Joel Rudin and attorney for Jabbar Collins;Jane Sampeur,The Legal Aid Society, Decarceration Project

CLE CREDITS

5 NY CLE Credits; 1 Ethics, 2 Skills, 2 PP
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

All Programs include 1 Affirmation and 1 Evaluation Form, and Course Materials.

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